Beautiful Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Beautiful Life
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2000-01-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-03-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20950
• IMDb ID: tt0233307
• TVDB ID: 84822

Cast and credited roles

• Takuya Kimura — Okishima Shuji
• Takako Tokiwa — Machida Kyoko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-01-16; final listed air date 2000-03-26; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Beautiful Life on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.