This is a love story between a woman with disability and a male hairstylist. Japan’s resident heartthrob Takuya Kimura plays Okishima Shuji and Takako Tokiwa as Machida Kyoko. “Beautiful Life” was shown in Japan in 2000 and got many awards from the 24th Television Drama Academy Awards.
It was aired here in the Philippines recently over QTV-11 every weekend, from 1:00 - 2:00 pm. Since its time slot was during sleepy hours, I wasn’t able to view it in full. Nevertheless, I was still able to follow the story. Actually, this is the first drama that I’ve seen with this kind of love story--a hairstylist falling for a physically disadvantaged lady.
On the characters…I hated Kyoko because she’s just like into self-pity and most of the time, not true to herself when it comes to her feelings with Shuji.
Contrastingly, Kimura’s character here as Shuji is almost the same as Senna in “Long Vacation” who is also caring and open to the girl he likes. While his profession reminds me of the Taiwanese drama “The Magicians of Love” where 183 Club members also play the role of hair designers. But the latter were more dashing-looking compared to him 'coz he was low-profiled in the story.
Shall I say, the plot is heavy because it deals with a degenerative disease and no character was there to give a comic relief. Kyoko’s brother, Masao, even made the matter worse because he was overprotective to her to the point that he had become unreasonable. Though in the end, he realized that he was wrong. If not only for Takuya Kimura, I would not watch this.
It was aired here in the Philippines recently over QTV-11 every weekend, from 1:00 - 2:00 pm. Since its time slot was during sleepy hours, I wasn’t able to view it in full. Nevertheless, I was still able to follow the story. Actually, this is the first drama that I’ve seen with this kind of love story--a hairstylist falling for a physically disadvantaged lady.
On the characters…I hated Kyoko because she’s just like into self-pity and most of the time, not true to herself when it comes to her feelings with Shuji.
Contrastingly, Kimura’s character here as Shuji is almost the same as Senna in “Long Vacation” who is also caring and open to the girl he likes. While his profession reminds me of the Taiwanese drama “The Magicians of Love” where 183 Club members also play the role of hair designers. But the latter were more dashing-looking compared to him 'coz he was low-profiled in the story.
Shall I say, the plot is heavy because it deals with a degenerative disease and no character was there to give a comic relief. Kyoko’s brother, Masao, even made the matter worse because he was overprotective to her to the point that he had become unreasonable. Though in the end, he realized that he was wrong. If not only for Takuya Kimura, I would not watch this.
I must admit that I didn’t enjoy this one, but I was carried away in the end. Hence, I do not recommend this unless you’re a fan of Kimutaku.
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