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Beautiful Life

Name: Beautiful Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-01-16
Rating: 8.2

★ 8,2 /10 (14 Votes)

2000 JA 1 Seasons

Overview

Kyoko's, a wheelchair-bound librarian, first meeting with her hairdresser leads to more encounters as Kyoko starts to like him because he treats her normally despite her condition.

Stream

First air date

16/01/2000

Votes

Popularity

2.6

I always thought it was two people.

Genres

Drama

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Eriko Kitagawa

Networks

TBS

Original title

Beautiful Life〜ふたりでいた日々〜

Language

Last air date

2000-03-26

Episodes

Episode runtime

51 min

Website

www.tbs.co.jp

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Season 1

11 episodes • 2000

A rebellious hair stylist and a spirited young woman fall for each other, but her worsening terminal illness tests the b…

Takuya Kimura

Shuji Okishima

Takako Tokiwa

Kyoko Machida

Atsuro Watabe

Masao Machida

Miki Mizuno

Sachie Tamura

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Takumi Okabe

Chiaki Hara

Mayumi Ozawa

Takanori Nishikawa

Satoru Kawamura

Kawarazaki Kenzo

Machida Yoshio

Koji Matoba

Miyama Kouzou

Moro Morooka

Tsuchiya

Akemi Omori

Machida Kuniko

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Beautiful Life (2000) was an emotionally charged drama that struck a familiar chord reminiscent of other ones like it for its textbook depiction of love, loss, and resilience, but it wasn’t without its flaws. At its heart, the story was anchored by the chemistry between Takuya Kimura’s charming yet understated portrayal of Shuji and Takako Tokiwa’s luminous performance as Kyoko, a woman whose physical limitations were treated with admirable sensitivity for its time. The drama’s beauty lay in its quiet moments, Kyoko's defiant joy, Shuji's evolving tenderness, and the unspoken melancholy of ord…

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