Series

I Want to be Happy!

2005 · 1 season · Drama

Hikari has to take care of her sick mother and two younger brothers. They are informed that their missing father has died, and later find out he left them a huge 10 million yen debt. They are a very poor family. They have no money or food. To pay off the debt, Hikari lands a cleaning job at the UBS TV company. On the other side, there's Masako Nagai, a struggling UBS TV drama producer. The men she works with are somewhat sexist. Through an incident within UBS, Masako discovers Hikari's talents as a creative person with a great imagination for drama writing. With no allies within UBS, she decides to hire Hikari, training her to be an assistant producer. Hikari's happiness is keeping her family fed and paying off her father's debt. Masako's happiness is to gain respect within UBS by excelling as a drama producer.

Kyoko Fukada

Hikari Asada

Yuki Matsushita

Masako Nagai

Shugo Oshinari

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Kazue Itō

• Hori HidekiDirector
• Seiichiro KijimaExecutive Producer

First aired

July 14, 2005

Last aired

September 15, 2005

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

10

Genres

Drama

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