Beautiful Life [J-drama] (Kimura Takuya, Tokiwa Takako)

Updated: May 5, 2008

I’m glad to introduce to you one of my most loved Japanese drama of all time, Beautiful life. Even now, watching it 5 years later, I can still feel the adrenalin rush in me. The drama has all of the best: script written by Eriko Kitagawa (Long Vacation, Tell me you love me, Beautiful life, Orange Days, … all classic), main male role by Kimura Takuya (considered the best actor of modern Japan), main female role by Tokiwa Takako (elegant, and extremely talented). Beautiful life is the Japanese drama that has the second highest average viewer rating and highest episode rating of all time, a whooping 41.2% for the final episode. Furthermore, it was subbed by Japan-TV, in my opinion the best Japanese fansub group. I’ll let you decide for yourself whether the buzz is true or not, however, it is for me. So far, it is the only J-drama that made me cry (only a bit at the end though, when Takuya cried).

Details

• Title: ビューティフルライフ
• Title (romaji): Beautiful Life
• Genre: Romance, Drama
• Episodes: 11
• Viewership ratings: 31.86%
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2000-Jan-16 to 2000-Mar-26
• Theme song: Konya Tsuki no Mieru oka ni by B’z

Cast

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

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.

Thông tin tiếng Việt: http://www.moviesboom.com/index.php?pid=film⊂=detail&id=3666

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• Episode 01 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5
• Episode 02 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
• Episode 03 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
• Episode 04 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
• Episode 05 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
• Episode 06 : Part 1 / Part 2 (or download the whole episode here, credit Phuong)
• Episode 07 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
• Episode 08 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
• Episode 09 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
• Episode 10 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
• Episode 11 : Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8

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