First - love Orange Days. Such a good show. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is a great novel.
Others: (I included cancers and immune diseases)
Aishiteiru to Ittekure - jdrama; the male lead is deaf (also written by Kitagawa Eriko, who wrote Orange Days)
Beautiful Life - jdrama; female lead is in a wheelchair and has an unnamed illness. Also written by Kitagawa and stars Kimura Takuya
Taiyou no Kisetsu - jdrama; female lead has a large limp due to a car crash. Not what most would think of as a disability, but it plays a major part in some of the story, especially the end.
Kimi ga Kureta Natsu - jdrama (special); the son of the two main characters battles cancer.
Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru - jdrama (special); the main character has CIDP
One Litre of Tears - jdrama; female lead battles spinocerebellar degeneration
Tears of Happiness - chinesedrama; a remake of One Litre of Tears. Aired this past summer, but I don't think it has been subbed.
Algernon ni Hanataba o - jdrama; based on the novel Flowers for Algernon. Several minor characters with mental disabilities; the main character's best friend/foster sister is also mentally disabilied and remains so.
Hello, God - kdrama; also based on Flowers for Algernon
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish - jfilm; female lead has CP
Crying Out Love At the Centre of the World - jdrama and a jfilm (different casts); female lead battles leukemia
My Girl - kfilm; based on Crying Out. . .
Snow Queen - kdrama; female lead has a disease that effects her immune system, I think. I can't remember what she had.
Happiness - kfilm; I believe both the female and male lead had a disease, but I cannot recall what
Kamisama, Mou Sukoshi Dake - jdrama; female lead has HIV. It was made in 1998 and really shows how Japan tends to treat whose with diseases/with disabilities
Thank You - kdrama; the little girl, daughter of the female lead is HIV+
Daisuki!! - jdrama; female lead has the mind of an 8-year-old
Hitotsu Yane no Shita - jdrama; the youngest brother is in a wheelchair; a female character has an illness that could kill her.
A Moment to Remember - kfilm; female lead develops Alzheimer's
A Moment to Remember/Watashi no atama no naka no keshigomu - jdrama (special); a remake of the kfilm
Boku no Aruku Michi - jdrama; male lead is autistic
I'm sure there are many more, as Korean dramas and Japanese dramas love giving their leads disabilities
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Others: (I included cancers and immune diseases)
Aishiteiru to Ittekure - jdrama; the male lead is deaf (also written by Kitagawa Eriko, who wrote Orange Days)
Beautiful Life - jdrama; female lead is in a wheelchair and has an unnamed illness. Also written by Kitagawa and stars Kimura Takuya
Taiyou no Kisetsu - jdrama; female lead has a large limp due to a car crash. Not what most would think of as a disability, but it plays a major part in some of the story, especially the end.
Kimi ga Kureta Natsu - jdrama (special); the son of the two main characters battles cancer.
Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru - jdrama (special); the main character has CIDP
One Litre of Tears - jdrama; female lead battles spinocerebellar degeneration
Tears of Happiness - chinesedrama; a remake of One Litre of Tears. Aired this past summer, but I don't think it has been subbed.
Algernon ni Hanataba o - jdrama; based on the novel Flowers for Algernon. Several minor characters with mental disabilities; the main character's best friend/foster sister is also mentally disabilied and remains so.
Hello, God - kdrama; also based on Flowers for Algernon
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish - jfilm; female lead has CP
Crying Out Love At the Centre of the World - jdrama and a jfilm (different casts); female lead battles leukemia
My Girl - kfilm; based on Crying Out. . .
Snow Queen - kdrama; female lead has a disease that effects her immune system, I think. I can't remember what she had.
Happiness - kfilm; I believe both the female and male lead had a disease, but I cannot recall what
Kamisama, Mou Sukoshi Dake - jdrama; female lead has HIV. It was made in 1998 and really shows how Japan tends to treat whose with diseases/with disabilities
Thank You - kdrama; the little girl, daughter of the female lead is HIV+
Daisuki!! - jdrama; female lead has the mind of an 8-year-old
Hitotsu Yane no Shita - jdrama; the youngest brother is in a wheelchair; a female character has an illness that could kill her.
A Moment to Remember - kfilm; female lead develops Alzheimer's
A Moment to Remember/Watashi no atama no naka no keshigomu - jdrama (special); a remake of the kfilm
Boku no Aruku Michi - jdrama; male lead is autistic
I'm sure there are many more, as Korean dramas and Japanese dramas love giving their leads disabilities