Beautiful Life〜ふたりでいた日々〜
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バイクに乗っていた腕はあるのに人気のない美容師、柊二（木村拓哉）は車から手が出てきてバランスを崩してしまいます。怒って車をのぞくと杏子（常盤貴子）が居ました。そのまま進行して二人は図書館にたどり着きます。杏子は車椅子を段取り良くとりだしてセカンドカーと言って図書館（仕事場）に入って行きました。その姿を見た柊二は杏子に障害があると知ります。柊二は図書館で告白されている杏子を見かけました。しかし障害を知ったからと言って柊二の態度は変わらず、家に帰った杏子は兄に心のバリアフリーだと話します。一方柊二は図書館にデザイン画を忘れて帰ります。杏子は届けに柊二の勤める店である「ホットリップ」に行き、悟に柊二のデザインを渡しました。しかしこのデザイン画は悟がそのまま盗んで雑誌に載せました。二人は飲みに行き、柊二が酔いつぶれて杏子の車はレッカー移動されてしまいます。タクシーで柊二のアパートに行きますがそこで杏子は赤い靴を見つけました。誰かに渡すはずだったものでした。そして二人はキスをします。その後兄に知られることとなり、兄に反対され柊二は杏子と会えなくなってしまいます。それでも二人の愛は強く、柊二は杏子の人生の一部にしたいといい夢の美容室のデザイン画を描き、二人で暮らせるバリアフリーの家で住みたいと言いました。しかし杏子の体調はあまりよろしくなく、兄は医者に聞いて両親に伝えるのでした。常に生死を隣り合わせで生きてきた杏子には覚悟ができていました。生きられる確立は43分の13です。
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Beautiful Life (2000) was an emotionally charged drama that struck a familiar chord reminiscent of other ones like it for its textbook depiction of love, loss, and resilience, but it wasn’t without its flaws. At its heart, the story was anchored by the chemistry between Takuya Kimura’s charming yet understated portrayal of Shuji and Takako Tokiwa’s luminous performance as Kyoko, a woman whose physical limitations were treated with admirable sensitivity for its time. The drama’s beauty lay in its quiet moments, Kyoko's defiant joy, Shuji's evolving tenderness, and the unspoken melancholy of ordinary life brushed with rising pain. However, its emotional power often bordered on manipulation, with tear-jerking sequences and swelling musical cues that risked reducing a nuanced relationship to a mere tragedy. Fortunately, this was only most applicable to the last 3 episodes. Additionally, while the drama broke ground by portraying a disabled FL in a leading role, it sometimes leaned into idealized tropes, framing Kyoko’s struggles more as narrative devices to drive Shuji’s growth rather than delving deeper into her agency and identity despite being a leading character. The pacing, too, occasionally faltered, with melodramatic stretches that risked to undercut the rawness of its central theme. In a different world, I would love to see them continue exploring the relationship without the terminal illness element since it was somewhat cut short to accommodate for the writer's predetermined plan. On another note, a few things were planted but neglected and ended up being underutilized. For example, it was foreshadowed multiple times how Shuji was the son of a famous hospital director/CEO and coming from a family of doctors but that didn't play a role later on, nor the anticipated involvement of his family which remained anonymous. Many things were either missing or unfinished at the cost of fleshing out the story and its characters just to reach the highly emotional familiar moments. For all of its shortcomings, Beautiful Life captured something universally human: the poignancy of love in the face of fate. It was imperfectly told and profound, a drama which, even as one wished it had dared to be bolder, lingered on in the heart, at least for a little while.
