Difference between revisions of "Shiawase ni Naritai!"

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Shiawase ni Naritai

Details

Title: 幸せになりたい！
Title (romaji): Shiawase ni Naritai!
Title (English): I Want to be Happy!
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 11.4%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2005-Jul-14 to 2005-Sep-15
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: Himawari by Sugar

Synopsis

Hikari (Kyoko Fukada) 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 (Matsushita Yuki), 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.

Cast

Fukada Kyoko as Asada Hikari
Matsushita Yuki as Nagai Masako
Tanihara Shosuke as Hasegawa Junichi
Tsurumi Shingo as Iijima Akira
Ito Kazue as Hoshino Sanae
Oshinari Shugo as Tajima Yojiro
Ihara Tsuyoshi as Sakuma Yuya
Tsugawa Masahiko as Kumano Yutaro
Takizawa Saori as Aki
Okada Kohki as Saionji Sho
Gin Pun Chou as Asada Yoshie
Emori Toru as Komiyama Takayuki

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Morosawa Kazuyuki (両沢和幸)
Producer: 大賀文子, Morosawa Kazuyuki, 加藤章
Director: Morosawa Kazuyuki, 高野英治, 松川嵩史, 堀英樹
Music: 鴨宮諒

Episode Titles

Ep 1: 「お金がない！？テレビのお仕事始めます！」 / No More Money!? The Start of my TV Career
Ep 2: 「フーゾクに就職！？」 / Employment in the Sex Industry!?
Ep 3: 「命がけのロケ現場」 / Life and Death On-location
Ep 4: 「ヒットさせます!!」 / I'll Give You a Hit!
Ep 5: 「クビにしないで!!」 / Don't Fire Me!
Ep 6: 「見かけだおしの男」 / All-Show-and-No-Substance Men
Ep 7: 「張り込み大作戦!!」 / The Big Stakeout
Ep 8: 「さようなら母ちゃん」 / Farewell, Mother
Ep 9: 「新しいお仕事！？」 / A New Job?!
Ep 10: 「よーい！スタート」 / Ready, and... Action!

Episode Ratings

Ep 01: 13.0%
Ep 02: 11.8%
Ep 03: 12.1%
Ep 04: 11.7%
Ep 05: 11.7%
Ep 06: 13.0%
Ep 07: 10.7%
Ep 08: 10.1%
Ep 09: 12.1%
Ep 10: 11.4%

External Links

Official Site

Spring 2005	TBS	Autumn 2005
Yume de Aimashou	Thursday 21:00	Brother Beat

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 *'''Title (English):''' I Want to be Happy!
 *'''Format:''' Renzoku
-*'''Genre:''' Family, comedy
+*'''Genre:''' Family
 *'''Episodes:''' 10
 *'''Viewership ratings:''' 11.4%
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 ==Synopsis==
-Everyday Hikari (Kyoko Fukada) 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 left, no food, and no rice either. To pay off the debt Hikari goes looking for a job. With the help of a friend, she gets a cleaning job at the UBS TV company.
+Hikari (Kyoko Fukada) 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 (Matsushita Yuki), a struggling UBS TV drama producer. The men she works with are somewhat sexist.
-On the other side, there's Masako Nagai (Matsushita Yuki), a UBS TV Producer, who's struggling to raise the ratings of a serial drama show. Her bosses constantly yell and order her around, and her assistant is extremely unreliable too.
+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 paying off her father's debt. While Masako's happiness is to raise her show's ratings.
+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.
 ==Cast==
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 ==Episode Titles==
-*'''Ep 1:''' 「お金がない！？テレビのお仕事始めます！」 okane ga nai!? terebi no oshigoto hajimemasu! / No More Money!? The Start of my TV Career
+*'''Ep 1:''' 「お金がない！？テレビのお仕事始めます！」 / No More Money!? The Start of my TV Career
-*'''Ep 2:''' 「フーゾクに就職！？」 fuuzoku ni shuushoku!? / Employment in the Sex Industry!?
+*'''Ep 2:''' 「フーゾクに就職！？」 / Employment in the Sex Industry!?
-*'''Ep 3:''' 「命がけのロケ現場」 inochigake no roke genba / Life and Death On-location
+*'''Ep 3:''' 「命がけのロケ現場」 / Life and Death On-location
-*'''Ep 4:''' 「ヒットさせます!!」 hitto sasemasu!! / I'll Give You a Hit!
+*'''Ep 4:''' 「ヒットさせます!!」 / I'll Give You a Hit!
-*'''Ep 5:''' 「クビにしないで!!」 kubi ni shinaide!! / Don't Fire Me!
+*'''Ep 5:''' 「クビにしないで!!」 / Don't Fire Me!
-*'''Ep 6:''' 「見かけだおしの男」mikakedaoshi no otoko / All-Show-and-No-Substance Men
+*'''Ep 6:''' 「見かけだおしの男」 / All-Show-and-No-Substance Men
-*'''Ep 7:''' 「張り込み大作戦!!」 harikomi daisakusen / The Big Stakeout
+*'''Ep 7:''' 「張り込み大作戦!!」 / The Big Stakeout
-*'''Ep 8:''' 「さようなら母ちゃん」sayonara kaachan / Farewell, Mother
+*'''Ep 8:''' 「さようなら母ちゃん」 / Farewell, Mother
-*'''Ep 9:''' 「新しいお仕事！？」 atarashii oshigoto!? / A New Job?!
+*'''Ep 9:''' 「新しいお仕事！？」 / A New Job?!
-*'''Ep 10:''' 「よーい！スタート」 yooi! sutaato / Ready, and... Action!
+*'''Ep 10:''' 「よーい！スタート」 / Ready, and... Action!
 ==Episode Ratings==