| Always: Sunset on Third Street | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Takashi Yamazaki |
| Screenplay by | Takashi Yamazaki |
| Based on | Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan |
| Produced by | Shūji Abe Chikahiro Ando Keiichiro Moriya Nozomu Takahashi |
| Starring | Hidetaka Yoshioka Shinichi Tsutsumi Koyuki Maki Horikita Kenta Suga Kazuki Koshimizu Tomokazu Miura Hiroko Yakushimaru |
| Cinematography | Kōzō Shibasaki |
| Edited by | Ryuji Miyajima |
| Music by | Naoki Sato |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Always: Sunset on Third Street (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日,Ōruweizu: San-chōme no Yūhi) is a 2005 Japanesedrama film written and directed byTakashi Yamazaki, based on themangaSunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan. It was chosen asPicture of the Year at theJapan Academy Film Prize in 2006. The film spawned twosequels,Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) andAlways: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012).
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In 1958, with the impending completion of Tokyo's TV broadcasting tower as a symbol of Japan's escalating post-war economic recovery, rural schoolgirl Mutsuko (Maki Horikita) arrives from the provinces to begin her first job with Suzuki Auto. Initially impressed by meeting company "president" Norifumi Suzuki (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Mutsuko is shocked to discover her workplace is actually a shabby auto repair shop in Tokyo's down-at-heel Yuhi district.
Suzuki is a bad-tempered employer but Mutsuko is welcomed by his wife, Tomoe (Hiroko Yakushimaru), and their impish 5-year-old son, Ippei (Kazuki Koshimizu). One of Ippei's favorite haunts is a five-and-dime store managed by struggling serial writer Ryunosuke Chagawa (Hidetaka Yoshioka). Regarding now-successful writers like Nobel-prize winner Kenzaburo Oe, as overrated, Chagawa wants to be more than a hack churning out sci-fi yarns and selling cheap toys on the side.
When alluring newcomer Hiromi (Koyuki) opens a sake bar in the area, she gathers clientele quickly—in dramatically compressed manga style—but also finds herself lumbered with Junnosuke (Kenta Suga) the orphaned offspring of the bar's previous tenant. Drunk, and smitten by Hiromi, Chagawa accepts custodianship of the boy.
The film ranked 15th at the Japanese box office in 2005,[1] and won 12 prizes at the2006Japanese Academy Awards, including the awards for Best Film, Director, Actor and Screenplay. It also won the audience award at the 2006New York Asian Film Festival.[2]
It has been said that the film caused aShōwa nostalgia boom.[3]
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