

Beautiful Life
2000-01-16 · 51 min / episode · ★ 8.2
Kyoko's, a wheelchair-bound librarian, first meeting with her hairdresser leads to more encounters as Kyoko starts to like him because he treats her normally despite her condition.
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- Creators
- Eriko Kitagawa
- Production companies
- TBS
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
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Takuya KimuraShuji Okishima
Takako TokiwaKyoko Machida
Atsuro WatabeMasao Machida
Miki MizunoSachie Tamura
Hiroyuki IkeuchiTakumi Okabe
Chiaki HaraMayumi Ozawa
Takanori NishikawaSatoru Kawamura
Kawarazaki KenzoMachida Yoshio
Koji MatobaMiyama Kouzou
Moro MorookaTsuchiya
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