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Always - Sunset on Third Street

Always - Sunset on Third Street

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Always - Sunset on Third Street

2005

2h 13m

7.7(51 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

In 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, dream, and grow together as rapid modernisation transforms their lives beneath the shadow of the newly rising Tokyo Tower.

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Production Companies

dentsu Music and Entertainment

IMAGICA

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Robot Communications

Shogakukan

TOHO

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Hiroshima Telecasting

Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company

Miyagi Television Broadcasting

Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company

Shirogumi

Yomiuri Shimbun Company

VAP

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Ryunosuke Chagawa

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Norifumi Suzuki

Koyuki

Koyuki

Hiromi Ishizaki

Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

Mutsuko Hoshino

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Tomoe Suzuki

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Doctor Takuma

Masako Motai

Masako Motai

Kin Ota

Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

Theater Manager

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yasunari Kawabuchi

Kenta Suga

Kenta Suga

Junnosuke Furuyuki

Creative team

Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Written by: Ryota Kosawa
Takashi Yamazaki
Produced by: Keichiiro Moriya
Nozomu Takahashi

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