Nao Omori and Mirai Moriyama join cast of third ALWAYS film

By kevin on April 12, 2011 at 2:29pm EDT

Today it was announced that Mirai Moriyama (26) and Nao Omori (39) have been added to the cast of the third installment of the blockbuster Always film series, Always: Sunset on Third Street 3.

Additionally, actress Maki Horikita (22) recently revealed on her that filming, which began in January, has finally wrapped. “Completing a movie with almost the same staff I’ve been lucky enough to work with since I was 16 feels lonely,” she added.

The new film is set in 1964, 5 years after the events of the first two. That year was chosen due to excitement at the time surrounding the Tokyo Summer Olympics as well as the grand opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen. Moriyama and Omori will play two members of a performance group, but specific details of their involvement in the story are not yet available.

In addition to the two new characters, the main cast from the first two films such as Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shinichi Tsutsumi, and Koyuki are also returning. Director Takashi Yamazaki shot everything with special 3D cameras this time around, citing his desire to create the atmosphere of a time machine that helps viewers feel like they’re experiencing the time period first-hand.

Toho will be releasing “Always: Sunset on Third Street 3” in Japan sometime in the first half of 2012.

Source: Cinema Today