* Title: スマイル
* Title (English): Smile
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romance
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership rating: 10.1 (Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-17 to 2009-Jun-26
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme song: Ariamaru Tomi by Shiina Ringo
Summary
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.
Cast
* Matsumoto Jun as Hayakawa Vito
* Aragaki Yui as Mishima Hana
* Nakai Kiichi as Ito Kazuma
* Koike Eiko as Machimura Shiori
* Tokuyama Hidenori as Kawai Kinta
* Suzunosuke (鈴之助) as "Bull" / Kazama Kenji
* Kitami Toshiyuki as Detective Furuse
* Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Detective Takayanagi
* Oguri Shun as Hayashi Seiji
* Katsumura Masanobu as Kashiwagi Keisuke
* Maeda Gin as Machimura Sosuke
* Ishida Ayumi as Machimura Midori
Source: DramaWiki
