Series

Prince of Happiness

2003 · 1 season · Drama

This is the tragic love story of Shuhei and Umi. Shuhei is the only surviving son of a hospital director. He loves to play the piano as accompaniment to Umi's cello. Umi is the only daughter of a couple who own a little restaurant. As she is a great cellist, Umi obtained a scholarship to attend a famous music school in Austria. While Shuhei dreams of going to Austria with her, being the sole heir in his family, he has to take up medicine to become a doctor. Ryosuke is Shuhei's best friend, but he secretly covets Umi for himself. On graduation day, Ryosuke purposely lied to the young lovers, causing them to miss meeting each other. On her way home, Umi was knocked over by a truck, and lost the full mobility to her fingers, dashing her dream of becoming a cellist. Shuhei meanwhile, thinks that Umi had given up on him, and left for Austria.

Atsuro Watabe

Yoda Ryosuke

Haruka Ayase

Mitsuishi Mayu

Miho Kanno

Yasumoto Umi

Masahiro Motoki

Narukawa Shuhei

• Ryuichi InomataDirector
• Makoto NaganumaDirector
• Kazuhiko YukawaScreenplay
• Masaharu OtaProducer

First aired

July 2, 2003

Last aired

September 10, 2003

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

11

Genres

Drama

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  Season 111 episodes · 2003