Mayu Matsuoka (Shoplifters, Tremble All You Need) and Riisa Naka (Alice in Borderland, The Lady Who Leapt By means of Time) will star in Plastic Magnificence, a Japanese live-action drama collection set on the earth of cosmetic surgery.
The collection comes from a screenplay by Junya Ikegami (The Blood of Wolves, The Queen of Villains) and is being directed by Yuki Saito (Unmet: A Neurosurgeon’s Diary). K2 Photos is the producer and Harue Miyake and Katsuhito Motegi are the producers, with Shinichi Kudo the event producer.
The artistic crew is similar one which produced collection about Japan’s grownup movie business (The Bare Director) and actual property scams (Tokyo Swindlers) for Netflix.
Plastic Magnificence is ready within the glamorous and shadowy world of cosmetic surgery, and follows Matsuoka as Fumi Numata, a gifted surgeon whose circumstances push her to shift from basic surgical procedure to aesthetics. She finds herself at odds with Naka’s character Rin Tohyama, a star beauty surgeon who views magnificence as a type of salvation.
“What’s magnificence, actually? That basic query turned the place to begin for Plastic Magnificence,” mentioned Shinichi Takahashi, Director, Reside Motion Artistic for Japan at Netflix. “By means of rigorous analysis, this collection explores the usually untold realities of the glamorous cosmetic surgery business, together with the procedures many are interested by however hesitant to strive. Along with Mayu Matsuoka, Riisa Naka, and director Yuki Saito, we delve into the complicated, deeply private, but universally relatable pursuit of magnificence. Be a part of us on this journey to find what magnificence actually means to you.”
Saito, the director, mentioned the collection would discover “each the sunshine and the darkish sides of the more and more well-liked world of cosmetic surgery,” including: “Having two actors as distinct as Mayu Matsuoka and Riisa Naka face off, problem one another, and in the end discover mutual understanding — if we will seize even the subtlest emotional shifts of their performances, I consider it would deeply resonate with our viewers.”
