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Always Smiling

Always Smiling (2003) - Where to Watch

Audience Score
80

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Here are a few key details about the JNN series. Originally premiering April 13th, 2003, "Always Smiling" stars Yuko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Abe, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Katsumi Takahashi. The show spans 1 season(s) and currently holds a 80/100 rating on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 1 registered users.

Wondering what the series is about? Here’s the plot: "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."