Beautiful Life (2000)

Original title

Beautiful Life〜ふたりでいた日々〜

Directed by

Shono Jiro, Doi Nobuhiro

Cast

Kimura Takuya, Tokiwa Takako, Watabe Atsuro, Mizuno Miki, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hara Chiaki, Nishikawa Takanori, Matoba Koji

Genre

drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 11 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hairstylist falls in love with a woman who uses a wheelchair. They navigate the challenges of their relationship.

melancholicpoignantromanticreflectiveemotionalbittersweettender

What happens

Beautiful Life (ビューティフルライフ, Byūtifuru Raifu) is a Japanese television drama series starring Takuya Kimura and Takako Tokiwa. It aired on TBS Television from 16 January to 26 March 2000. Beautiful Life was a massive success, achieving a TV rating of 41.3%, the first drama in 17 years in Japan to achieve a rating of 40% and the second highest rated drama episode in Japanese history, only surpassed by Hanzawa Naoki in 2013 (42.2%). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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