Koi no Kiseki 1999 (Japan)

Koi no Kiseki 1999 (Japan), also known as Miracle of Love, Romance is a Miracle is Japan drama premiere on Apr 15, 1999 on TV Asahi

Plot Synopsis by DramaWiki Staff ©

Tsukamoto Taeko (Hazuki) is an obese girl with doting parents, living happily despite her appearance. Things starts to change when her father brings home a mysterious "relative" called Kurata Yukino (Kanno), a girl with an angelic face and who seems eager to please them. However, Taeko and her mother Ayako (Akiyoshi) starts to question her motive in moving into their house when Yukino seems to behave suspiciously. Taeko's mother is killed after making a call to Taeko, saying that she is on her way to investigate Yukino's background. After the incident, Yukino told Taeko that an ugly person has an ugly heart, which hurt Taeko so deeply that she tries to kill herself. At the crucial moment, a man who is about to change Taeko's entire life saves her. He is a respectable doctor, Ijiri Tatsuhiko (Tanabe). He helps her to overcome her obesity, and a year later, Taeko becomes a changed person. Only when Taeko returns home that she realises her father is missing. Her only clue lies in Yukino, and she becomes a makeup artist to get close to her. However, her beauty does not go unnoticed, and Yukino is jealous. As Taeko starts her path to stardom, Yukino uses many despicable methods to stop her, and also snatches away Taeko's love interest Kai Masato (Hagiwara)... --Le Chateau de Jo