Starter Kit: Japan Hayakawa Vito has a Filipino father and a Japanese mother, but he was born and raised in Japan and has never visited the Philippines. The ever-smiling Vito works at Machimura Foods during the day, and at night, he works a part-time job trying to make his dreams come true. One day during an incident at a bookstore, he meets a girl named Mishima Hana, who lost her ability to speak due to an accident. But even though she can't speak, Vito is drawn to her beautiful smile. However, Vito becomes wrongly suspected by the police of a crime, and after meeting the lawyer Kazuma, the issue begins to grow... Together, Vito, Hana, and Kazuma will go through challenging times and have to overcome many obstacles. (Source: Tokyograph) Edit Translation
- English
- 中文(简体)
- Español
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- Native Title: スマイル
- Also Known As:
- Screenwriter: Takuma Takayuki, Shinozaki Eriko
- Director: Ishii Yasuharu, Akihiko Watase, Tsuboi Toshio
- Genres: Romance, Life, Melodrama
Cast & Credits
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![Matsumoto Jun in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)]( "Matsumoto Jun in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)")
Matsumoto Jun Main Role -
![Aragaki Yui in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)]( "Aragaki Yui in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)")
Aragaki Yui Main Role -
![Nakai Kiichi in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)]( "Nakai Kiichi in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)")
Nakai KiichiIto KazumaMain Role -
![Oguri Shun in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)]( "Oguri Shun in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)")
Oguri ShunSeiji HayashiSupport Role -
![Okuchi Kengo in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)]( "Okuchi Kengo in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)")
Okuchi KengoKondou YuuyaSupport Role -
![Tokuyama Hidenori in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)]( "Tokuyama Hidenori in Smile Japanese Drama (2009)")
Tokuyama HidenoriKawai KintaSupport Role
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Reviews
About the life of ordinary people, who have their past, with which they are not proud of. About the boomerang of life, when it brings back all the dead back in 100 times worse ways...
About a guy who is trying to forget his past life, and live on honestly and maybe averagely happy, who has experienced many hardships as a son of a lonely mother who drank and took men home, leaving the child on the porch...His way of coping? Smile...a kind and genuine smile...
About a girl who experienced human cruelty and lost her voice only because she was unfortunate enough to be born in a family, where the father was not honest person...
About a Korean lawyer who works in Japan under a Japanese name, just so he can be accepted...
These three people meet, start helping each other, fall in love, try to overcome the hardships...
Again...a brilliant drama.
The score is perfect, by the way, it was composed by Yamashita Kousuke...and if fits the drama just perfectly...
I have watched this drama last year in winter, and I still listen to it score...
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The characters are great..the actors are great. Matsumoto Jun does a brilliant job as the kind hearted Vito. The lawyer and the girl are both central to the drama as well, and their roles and smiles are beautiful. Oguri Shun plays Hayashi, the dark shaded character, with great impact in the drama.
The story is uplifting in the end; ends on a happy note, has a great message throughout and is about facing life's difficulties with a big smile.
So, why was it so difficult for me to smile through the drama? Despite what the ending is, this drama was really difficult for me to watch happily. I had a heavy heart through all of it. There was so much injustice and the good people were too unlucky. Every victory they gained was only to be followed by more heartbreaking troubles.
The characters showed great spirit through it all, but I really couldn't share it. I was heavyhearted and sad throughout, and I was thankful when it finally ended, happy or not. In fact I don't think a different ending would have affected me anymore, I was already feeling so blue.
I definitely wouldn't re-watch it, though I assure you- this is a good drama.
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