Her boyfriend loves her 'modest' look—but the makeup artist sees right through him.
48 minSeason 1 • Episode 9
LatestYuzuhara Miku is a temporary employee who works for a reception desk at a department store. She has low self-confidence and worries about what others think of her, but she is clueless when it comes to makeup. Her elite lawyer boyfriend, Haruhisa, however, constantly tells her he prefers seeing her that way, so she wears minimal makeup because he favours her “modest” look.
Cinematography
Makeup tutorials shot like intimate love scenes
Acting
Takahashi's micro-expressions do all the heavy lifting
Costume
Miku's wardrobe arc tells its own story
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'no-makeup makeup' ideal in Japanese workplace culture specifically targets contract workers like Miku, suggesting naturalness is a luxury of security.
Director Takahashi previously made documentaries about beauty labor—hence the excruciating detail in Miku's morning routine, shot like unpaid emotional work.
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