Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)

Always: Sunset on Third Street is a 2005 Japanese movie directed by Takashi Yamazaki and based on a long-running manga by Ryohei Saigan.

Movie info

Original title: ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日
Transliterated title: Ōruweizu: San-chōme no Yūhi
Release date: November 5, 2005
Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Written by: Takashi Yamazaki (screenplay)
Ryota Kosawa (screenplay)
Ryohei Saigan (manga)
Distributed by: Toho

Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Kam & Ronson (Hong Kong)
Out: Oct 28, 2010
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Region 2 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: VAP (Japan)
Out: May 21, 2008
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Region 2 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: VAP (Japan)
Out: Jun 9, 2006
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Plot

In 1958, a girl named Mutsuko travels to Tokyo to get a job at a major automotive company, but instead ends up working at a small, family-owned car repair shop. The Suzukis’ young son Ippei takes a shine to Mutsuko and starts thinking of her as an older sister.

Other Tokyo citizens are also striving to make a name for themselves in post-war Tokyo. A former exotic dancer named Hiromi starts up a sake bar. When a young boy named Junnosuke is left in her care, she leaves him with struggling writer Chagawa.

Unfortunately, Chagawa is only able to generate interest in his children’s adventure stories, but this suits Junnosuke just fine and he begins to respect his new caretaker more and more. Junnosuke eventually starts to write his own stories and befriends Ippei of the Suzuki family who becomes interested in reading his futuristic sci-fi tales.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Maki Horikita	Mutsuko Hoshino
	Hidetaka Yoshioka	Ryunosuke Chagawa
	Shinichi Tsutsumi	Norifumi Suzuki
	Koyuki	Hiromi Ishizaki
	Hiroko Yakushimaru	Tomoe Suzuki
	Kazuki Koshimizu	Ippei Suzuki
	Kenta Suga	Junnosuke Furuyuki
	Masaya Takahashi	Saburo
	Kaga Mochimaru
	Toru Masuoka
	Takashi Matsuo
	Hiroshi Kamido
	Hiroshi Kanbe
	Magy
	Yoichi Nukumizu
	Pierre Taki
	Kisuke Iida
	Motosuke Iida
	Yuichi Kimura
	Masako Motai
	Tomokazu Miura
	Kuniko Asagi
	Airu Shigemoto
	Kaoru Okunuki
	Kenjiro Ishimaru
	Shigemitsu Ogi
	Fumiyo Kohinata