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Smile

Smile

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Overview

Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto plays the lead role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese man who always smiles despite all of the problems and difficulties he faces. The series focus on foreigners and mixed-race children who suffered from racism

Created by Takayuki Takuma
Written by Takayuki Takuma, Eriko Shinozaki
Produced by Mahoko Takanari, Katsuaki Setoguchi
NetworksTBS

Top Cast

Jun Matsumoto

Jun Matsumoto

Hayakawa Vito

Yui Aragaki

Yui Aragaki

Mishima Hana

Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Ito Kazuma

Eiko Koike

Eiko Koike

Machimura Shiori

Hidenori Tokuyama

Hidenori Tokuyama

Kawai Kinta

Suzunosuke Tanaka

Suzunosuke Tanaka

Kazama Kenji

Toshiyuki Kitami

Toshiyuki Kitami

Detective Furuse

Masahiro Komoto

Masahiro Komoto

Prosecutor Kitagawa

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

Seiji Hayashi

Masanobu Katsumura

Masanobu Katsumura

Kashiwagi Keisuke

Themes & Keywords

romanceprejudiceracism

About Smile

Smile is a drama series that first aired in 2009 exploring themes of romance, prejudice, racism. Created by Takayuki Takuma, it stars Jun Matsumoto, Yui Aragaki, Kiichi Nakai. Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto plays the lead role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese man who always smiles despite all of the problems and difficulties he faces. The series focus on foreigners and mixed-race children who suffered from racism

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