Smile: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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 for 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.

Series details

• Title: Smile
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2009-04-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-06-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16343
• IMDb ID: tt1422477
• TVDB ID: 127771

Cast and credited roles

• Jun Matsumoto — Hayakawa Vito
• Yui Aragaki — Mishima Hana
• Kiichi Nakai — Ito Kazuma

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-04-17; final listed air date 2009-06-26; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Smile on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.