They're both bittersweet love stories about a handsome young man who falls in love with a tsundere girl in a wheelchair. You may cry in both movies.
~~ Adapted from the short story "Josee, the Tiger and the Fish" (?????????) by Tanabe Seiko (????).
Genres: Romance, Drama, Melodrama
Tags: Student Male Lead, Young Adult Male Lead, Neurological Disorder, Disabled Female Lead, Adapted From Short Story, College To Working Life, Grandma-Granddaughter Relationship, University, Mourning, Playboy Male Lead
Genres: Romance, Drama, Melodrama
Tags: Student Male Lead, Young Adult Male Lead, Neurological Disorder, Disabled Female Lead, Adapted From Short Story, College To Working Life, Grandma-Granddaughter Relationship, University, Mourning, Playboy Male Lead
In both dramas, the two female protagonists are disabled and in a wheelchair. Both protagonists meet a young man who falls in love with her.
Architect Ayukawa Itsuki is paralyzed from waist down. Although he was the ace of the basketball team back in high school, he injured his spinal cord in an accident while in the third year in university. After that, he decided that he would not play basketball or fall in love ever again because he is wheelchair-bound. Itsuki was Kawana Tsugumi’s classmate and her first love. Tsugumi liked drawing and her ambition was to get into art college. But she lacked confidence and gave up on the exam. Even though she got into an interior design firm, it is a clerical position. Itsuki and Tsugumi happen to meet again at a work-related drinking session. The two of them are attracted to each other. However, they face problems including disapproving parents, the appearance of a love rival and illness as they search for the meaning of happiness.
Tsuneo is an ordinary college student taking his boss's dog out for a walk one day when out of nowhere a large baby carriage barrels down a hill and bumps into a nearby guardrail. After a brief confused pause he decides to check the carriage for passengers. Instead of a baby he sees Josee, a girl about his age who suffers from cerebral palsy and has spent her entire life insulated from the outside world by her eccentric overprotective grandmother. Although the two have nothing in common and don't get along at first, Josee's quirky personality intrigues Tsuneo and the two end up spending much more time together.
Tsuneo is an ordinary college student taking his boss's dog out for a walk one day when out of nowhere a large baby carriage barrels down a hill and bumps into a nearby guardrail. After a brief confused pause he decides to check the carriage for passengers. Instead of a baby he sees Josee, a girl about his age who suffers from cerebral palsy and has spent her entire life insulated from the outside world by her eccentric overprotective grandmother. Although the two have nothing in common and don't get along at first, Josee's quirky personality intrigues Tsuneo and the two end up spending much more time together.
Perfect World is the romanticized version of Josee, and Josee the brutal reality of Perfect World.
While Josee deals about a girl who is handicapped, Perfect World deals about a guy who is in a similar situation. Both dramas deal about the perceptions of being disabled and also about what this means for the family, their love life and the people themselves.
While Josee deals about a girl who is handicapped, Perfect World deals about a guy who is in a similar situation. Both dramas deal about the perceptions of being disabled and also about what this means for the family, their love life and the people themselves.
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.
Tsumugi Aoba fell in love with So Sakura, who attended the same high school. They both shared an interest in music. Their relationship got deeper and deeper, but, suddenly, Sakura said goodbye to her without giving a reason for their break-up and he disappeared.
Eight years later, Aoba is now in Tokyo and works part-time at a large CD music store. She is surrounded by music she likes. One day, she happens to see Sakura. She wants to talk to him, but she realizes that he has almost lost his hearing.
Eight years later, Aoba is now in Tokyo and works part-time at a large CD music store. She is surrounded by music she likes. One day, she happens to see Sakura. She wants to talk to him, but she realizes that he has almost lost his hearing.
