Season 1
45 min
S1 · E1 · Apr 13, 2003
The Demon Proprietress of Onsen Hell Episode 1
45 min
S1 · E2 · Apr 20, 2003
A Scream In a Night Of Torrential Rain Episode 2
45 min
S1 · E3 · Apr 27, 2003
Payday Of Love And Tears Episode 3
45 min
S1 · E4 · May 4, 2003
The Last Days of Sweet Thoughts Episode 4
45 min
S1 · E5 · May 11, 2003
A Flaming Confession! Episode 5
45 min
S1 · E6 · May 18, 2003
Haunted Room Episode 6
45 min
S1 · E7 · May 25, 2003
Demon Proprietress's Secret Episode 7
45 min
S1 · E8 · Jun 1, 2003
Hell's Day Off Episode 8
45 min
S1 · E9 · Jun 8, 2003
Charming Seduction Episode 9
45 min
S1 · E10 · Jun 15, 2003
Yuzuhara's Great Crisis Episode 10
45 min
S1 · E11 · Jun 22, 2003
Heading For Tomorrow Episode 11
11 episodes in Season 1
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Yumi, a 23-year-old office worker, is fired from her job out of the blue. A few days later, coming from a friend's wedding and having no time to change out of her kimono, she is rushing to an interview for a job at a publishing company. Yumi stumbles into the room, looking for somewhere to change out of her kimono, and finds popular comic book writer Reijiro Sakurai is having an editorial meeting with some staff. He is planning to lock himself away at a hot spring for the next three months to concentrate on his next project. Sakurai comments that if Yumi were to join him he wouldn't mind being away for so long..., and so their adventure begins.
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Cast
13 people
Yuko Takeuchi
Yumi Kurasawa
Known for
Ring
FlashForward
Hiroshi Abe
Reijiro Sakurai
Known for
Last Samurai Standing
Still Walking
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Kazuya Yuzuhara
Known for
The Wind Rises
Drive My Car
Katsumi Takahashi
Eikichi Koizumi
Known for
Colorful
From Today, It's My Turn!!
Rie Shibata
Yoshie Yoneda
Known for
Guinea Pig Part 3: He Never Dies
It Comes
Atsuko Sakurai
Natsuko Ohara
Also in
Shomuni
Noble Boys
Takanori Jinnai
Koichi Kurasawa
Known for
1 Litre of Tears
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Yoko Nogiwa
Misako Yuzuhara
Also in
Dragon Sakura
Trick
Mao Miyaji
Megumi Isaka
Also in
Shougeki Gouraigan
In-House Executioner
Mayumi Shintani
加納みどり
Known for
Kill la Kill
FLCL
Saori Takizawa
鴨川さつき
Also in
Pride
GTO
Takeshi Masu
村岡俊彦
Known for
Kamen Rider
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Makoto Kiyohiro Director · Akio Yoshida Director Osamu Katayama Director
Total runtime 7h 53m · Episode length 43 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
April 13, 2003
Final episode
June 22, 2003
Status
Ended
Network
JNN
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
43 min
Total runtime
7h 53m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
笑顔の法則
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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Some details come from TheTVDB.