I Want to be Happy!

1h

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.

Episodes

Cast

No More Money?! Start of My TV Career

1. No More Money?! Start of My TV Career

1h

14th Jul 2005

Employment in the Sex Industry

2. Employment in the Sex Industry

1h

21st Jul 2005

Life And Death On-location

3. Life And Death On-location

1h

28th Jul 2005

I'll Give You A Hit!

4. I'll Give You A Hit!

1h

4th Aug 2005

Don't Fire Me!

5. Don't Fire Me!

1h

11th Aug 2005

All-Show-and-No-Substance Men

6. All-Show-and-No-Substance Men

1h

18th Aug 2005

The Big Stakeout

7. The Big Stakeout

1h

25th Aug 2005

Farewell, Mother

8. Farewell, Mother

1h

1st Sep 2005

A New Job!?

9. A New Job!?

1h

8th Sep 2005

Ready, and...ACTION!

10. Ready, and...ACTION!

1h

15th Sep 2005

First air date

14th Jul 2005

Last air date

15th Sep 2005

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

ja

Networks