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Always Smiling Above the Sea

Always Smiling Above the Sea

May 9, 2009

1h 40m

Drama
Comedy
Romance

Overview

17-year-old high school student and basketball player Migiwa has a secret crush on Riku. After lying about being able to surf, she loses a surfboard while practicing and sets off by bike along the Shonan coast to find it, meeting new people and growing along the way.

Directed by

Ichiro Kita

Where to watch

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Cast

Mitsuki Tanimura

Mitsuki Tanimura

Migiwa Naruse
Dori Sakurada

Dori Sakurada

Riku Kobayakawa
H

Haruna Amari

Minami Kobayashi
M

Mika Asamiya

Haruko Sugita
Hikaru Yamamoto

Hikaru Yamamoto

Natsuko
Takashi Nagayama

Takashi Nagayama

Satoshi Yamanaga
Yûko Itô

Yûko Itô

Misako Kobayashi
Taro Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto

Yoichi Chigasaki
Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Omawari-san
Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Shujin

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