Always Smiling Above the Sea (2009)
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.
Director:
Ichiro Kita
Writers:
Ichiro Kita, Koji Kawano.
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Mitsuki Tanimura as Migiwa Naruse |
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Dori Sakurada as Riku Kobayakawa |
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Haruna Amari as Minami Kobayashi |
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Mika Asamiya as Haruko Sugita |
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Hikaru Yamamoto as Natsuko |
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Takashi Nagayama as Satoshi Yamanaga |
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Yûko Itô as Misako Kobayashi |
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Taro Yamamoto as Yoichi Chigasaki |
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Kanji Tsuda as Omawari-san |
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Ren Osugi as Shujin |
| Directing | Ichiro Kita | Director |
| Writing | Ichiro Kita | Screenplay |
| Camera | Koumei Fujimoto | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Koji Kawano | Screenplay |
