Always Smiling

Name: Always Smiling
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2003
Cast: Yuko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Abe, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Katsumi Takahashi, Rie Shibata

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2003 · Drama, Comedy · 1 season · 11 episodes

Not available to stream in the United States

Plot summary

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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Seasons

Season 1
11 episodes · 2003

When is the new season of Always Smiling coming out?

Always Smiling ended in 2003 (1 season, 11 episodes). No new season has been announced.

How long does it take to watch Always Smiling?

Always Smiling has 11 episodes in total, about 43 minutes each. Watching it all takes roughly 8 hours; at two episodes a day you will finish in 6 days.