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Atelier (2015)

Atelier poster
Original title
アンダーウェア
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman starts working at a high-end lingerie design house in Tokyo. She tries to find her place while navigating her challenging relationship with the company's demanding owner.

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What happens

Atelier (アンダーウェア, Andāwea; meaning Underwear) is a Japanese drama television series developed by Fuji Television for Netflix. It is a coming of age drama set in a small high-class lingerie design house called Emotion, which is based in Tokyo's Ginza district. The drama centres around Mayuko Tokita, a new employee, and her struggle to find her place at Emotion. Central to that struggle is her relationship with Mayumi Nanjo the creator and owner of Emotion, who has been compared to Anna Wintour, an editor of American Vogue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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