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Always - Sunset on Third Street

Always - Sunset on Third Street

Part of Always: Sunset on Third Street Collection

2005•2h 13m•7.7/10
ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.7/10(48)

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

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

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

Mutsuko Hoshino

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Ryunosuke Chagawa

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Norifumi Suzuki

Koyuki

Koyuki

Hiromi Ishizaki

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Tomoe Suzuki

Kazuki Koshimizu

Kazuki Koshimizu

Ippei Suzuki

Kenta Suga

Kenta Suga

Junnosuke Furuyuki

Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi

Saburo

Kaga Mochimaru

Yuichiro

Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

Theater Manager

Takashi Matsuo

Takashi Matsuo

Realtor

Hiroshi Kanbe

Hiroshi Kanbe

Postman

Magi

Magi

Butcher

Yoichi Nukumizu

Yoichi Nukumizu

Bicycle Shopkeeper

Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

Ice Man

Kisuke Iida

Kisuke Iida

Policeman

Yuichi Kimura

Yuichi Kimura

Electrician

Masako Motai

Masako Motai

Kin Ota

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Doctor Takuma

Kuniko Asagi

Kuniko Asagi

Takuma's Wife

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