Ryoko Yonekura's Masterpiece: 'The Black Leather Notebook'

While 'The Black Leather Notebook' has been remade multiple times, the version starring Ryoko Yonekura received the most acclaim. In the drama, Motoko, played by Yonekura, was originally a bank employee who recorded illegally obtained funds into a black leather notebook. She later becomes a club proprietress aiming to open her own establishment in Ginza. Yonekura perfectly portrayed both the innocent side of Motoko as a former bank employee and her later descent, blinded by greed and ambition!