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Way of Blue Sky

Way of Blue Sky

2005•1h 42m•6.5/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.5/10(6)

Masaki is about to move to the U.S. with his parents, much to the dismay of five girls who all like him in different ways. Tomboyish Takako always gives him a hard time; Haruna is a childhood friend; Alisa has fancied him since a shopping trip in nearby Shibuya; Naoko is still readjusting after a long spell in the U.K.; and Yumi ikes practicing basketball with him at night. All wonder who his "special girl" is, but Masaki isn't saying.

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Production

Movie-Eye Entertainment

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Takuya Nakayama

Takuya Nakayama

Masaki Takahashi

Ayaka Morita

Ayaka Morita

Yumi Hayami

Mei Kurokawa

Mei Kurokawa

Alisa Takahashi

Kazunori Sasaki

Yudai Sugihara

Mikako Tabe

Mikako Tabe

Haruna Kawahara

Rikiya Mifune

Rikiya Mifune

Katsuya Yamashita

Saya Yūki

Saya Yūki

Takako Suzuki

Ryô Hashizume

Ryô Hashizume

Shinji Yajima

Aki Nishihara

Aki Nishihara

Naoko Ichida

Maki Meguro

Maki Meguro

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