Underplayed Gems

Wonderful Life (2004)

Wonderful Life poster
Original title
ワンダフルライフ
Directed by
Ueda Yasushi, Kono Keita, Kitagawa Manabu, Kinoshita Takao
Cast
Sorimachi Takashi, Hasegawa Kyoko, Yashima Norito, Horiuchi Ken, Taguchi Hiromasa, Inuyama Inuko, Muramatsu Toshifumi, Oshima Satoko
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A famous Japanese baseball player is forced to retire due to injury and loses his family. He starts coaching a children's baseball team that has never won a game. The story follows his arrogant and selfish personality clashing with a woman who dislikes him, as he and the team work towards a goal.

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What happens

Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu) is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2004. It stars Takashi Sorimachi, Kyōko Hasegawa, Norito Yashima, and Ken Horiuchi. Akira Kirishima, played by Takashi Sorimachi, is the most famous baseball player in Japan. He is forced to retire early due to injuries. His family abandons him and he decides to spend his time coaching at a local young boys baseball team. The team is verging disbandment because they had not won one single game. Takashi plays the popular baseball player who gives kids the hope that "dreams come true", but in reality he is arrogant and a selfish flirt who spends his money pointlessly. Mizuki Isoyama, played by Kyōko Hasegawa, wants to become a lawyer. Her brother plays on Kirishima's baseball team, but she can't stand Kirishima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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