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Always Smiling Above the Sea

May 9, 2009 · 1h 40m
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Drama
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Romance

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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.

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CAST

Mitsuki Tanimura
Migiwa Naruse
Dori Sakurada
Riku Kobayakawa
Haruna Amari
Minami Kobayashi
Mika Asamiya
Haruko Sugita
Hikaru Yamamoto
Natsuko
Takashi Nagayama
Satoshi Yamanaga
Yûko Itô
Misako Kobayashi
Taro Yamamoto
Yoichi Chigasaki
Directed by Ichiro Kita

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Status
Released
Original language
JA
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Country
JP
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