is a television drama series, broadcast by TBS from April to June 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 focused on foreigners and mixed race children who suffered from racism.
Synopsis
Vito Hayakawa 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 book store, he meets a girl named Hana Mishima, 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 for a crime, and after meeting the lawyer Kazuma Ito, the issue begins to grow... Together, Vito, Hana, and Kazuma will go through challenging times and have to overcome many obstacles.
Cast
Jun Matsumoto as Vito Hayakawa
Yui Aragaki as Hana Mishima
Eiko Koike as Shiori Machimura
Hidenori Tokuyama as Kinta Kawai
Suzunosuke as Kenji Kazima
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Detective Takayanagi
Kiichi Nakai as Kazuma Ito
Masanobu Katsumura as Keisuke Kashiwagi
Gin Maeda as Sosuke Machimura
Ayumi Ishida as Midori Machimura
Toshiyuki Kitami as Detective Furuse
Shun Oguri as Seiji Hayashi
Awards and nominations
13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix
Spring Awards 2009
Best Drama: Smile
Best Actor: Jun Matsumoto
Best Supporting Actor: Kiichi Nakai
Best Supporting Actress: Yui Aragaki
See also
Hana Yori Dango
Arashi
Bambino! Gokusen Filipinos in Japan