Beautiful Life [J-drama] (Kimura Takuya, Tokiwa Takako)
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 Please login or register to see the link. (Long Vacation, Tell me you love me, Beautiful life, Orange Days, … all classic), main male role by Please login or register to see the link. (considered the best actor of modern Japan), main female role by Please login or register to see the link. (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, Please login or register to see the link.. 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)
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