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• Title: Beautiful Life
• Title (kana): ビューティフルライフ
• Tagline: 〜ふたりでいた日々〜
• Tagline (romaji): Futari de Ita Hibi
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Romance, human drama
• Episodes: 11
• Viewership ratings: 31.86%
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2000-Jan-16 to 2000-Mar-26
• Air time: Sunday 21:00
• Theme song: Konya Tsuki no Mieru oka ni by B’z
   

Synopsis

Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontational meeting, they soon find themselves falling in love, with Shuji drawn to her courage and enthusiasm and Kyoko attracted to his ability to look beyond her physical limitations and into her heart. However, Kyoko’s protective older brother and her worsening condition begin to test the bounds of their love for each other and threaten to end their beautiful life together.
 

Cast

• Kimura Takuya … Okishima Shuji (27, Hairstylist at Hot Lip)
• Tokiwa Takako … Machida Kyoko (27, Librarian)
• Watabe Atsuro … Machida Masao (33, Kyoko’s brother)
• Mizuno Miki … Tamura Sachie (26, Kyoko’s colleague & friend)
• Ikeuchi Hiroyuki … Okabe Takumi (23, Hairstylist at Hot Lip, Shuji’s friend)
• Hara Chiaki… Ozawa Mayumi (25, Hairstylist at Hot Lip, Shuji’s ex-girlfriend)
• Nishikawa Takanori … Kawamura Satoru (27, Hairstylist at Hot Lip)
• Matoba Koji … Miyama Kozo (32, Volunteer)
• Moro Morooka … Tsuchiya (Owner of Hot Lip)
• Koyuki … Nakajima Satsuki (27, Shuji’s ex-girlfriend) (ep6-8)
• Omori Akemi … Machida Kuniko (Kyoko’s mother)
• Kawarazaki Kenzo … Machida Yoshio (Kyoko’s father)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Kitagawa Eriko
• Producer: Shono Jiro, Ueda Hiroki
• Director: Shono Jiro, Doi Nobuhiro
• Music: Mizoguchi Hajime
   

Awards

• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor (Kimura Takuya)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress: (Tokiwa Takako)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Watabe Atsuro)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Mizuno Miki)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Newcomer (Nishikawa Takanori)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter (Kitagawa Eriko)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director (Shono Jiro)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song (Konya Tsuki no Mieru oka ni by B’z)
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Cast
• 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Opening

• Alternative Version: English Hardsub (also on RareDoramas)