I Want to be Happy!(2005)

Trailer unavailable or blocked in your region for this title.

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.

Top Cast

Kyoko Fukada

Hikari Asada

Yuki Matsushita

Masako Nagai

Shugo Oshinari

-

Recommendations

SkyMed

2022

Bel-Air

2022

Offspring

2010

Parenthood

2010

Hero

2001

Tokyo Love Story

1991

Burn the House Down

2023

Fishbowl Wives

2022

Tell Me Lies

2022

Brothers and Sisters

2006

Carl Weber's The Family Business

2018

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

Julia

2022

Ambitions

2019

Furuhata Ninzaburo

1994

True Tears

2008

Bad Girls

1999

Matlock

2024

Candy Candy

1976

Vigil

2021