Satoko Always (2026)
さとこはいつも
Satoko is a 15-year-old junior high school student. After a brief encounter with herclassmate Hayase at the ENT clinic, she begins to write a story sparked by herfeelings for him. Satoko is a 35-year-old working at a film publicity company. After being stabbed bythe wife of her married lover and hospitalized, she starts writing a story. Satoko is a 55-year-old housewife. On the last day of making lunchboxes for herthree sons, she remembers her childhood dream of becoming a writer and beginsto write.
- Date of release
- 2026-09-18
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Shuichi Okita
Casting
- Kasumi Arimura — Nishida Satoko
- Hikari Ishida — Iijima Satoko
- Himeno Kashun — Nakai Satoko
- Daisuke Kuroda — Nakai Keigo
- Junko Miyabe — Mitsuko Nakai
- Yuno Izumi — Kana-bun
- Mirika Otsuki — Shima-ccho
- Toharu Ogawa — Hayase Isamu
- Yuzu Aoki — Shima Yusuke
- Yohta Kawase — Matsunaga
- Momoi Shimada — Kudo
- Tomo Nakai — Kitajima
Interesting facts
Satoko Always is a 2026 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Shūichi Okita. It follows the lives of three women named Satoko — a middle-schooler, a young working woman, and a middle-aged housewife, all pursuing a love of writing, with intersecting storylines.
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