Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

Part of Always: Sunset on Third Street Collection

2007•2h 26m•7.2/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(25)

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.

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Production

dentsu Music and Entertainment, IMAGICA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications, Shogakukan, TOHO, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Shirogumi, IMAGICA GROUP, VAP, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Ryunosuke Chagawa

Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

Mutsuko Hoshino

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Norifumi Suzuki

Kazuki Koshimizu

Kazuki Koshimizu

Ippei Suzuki

Koyuki

Koyuki

Hiromi Ishizaki

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Dr. Takuma

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Tomoe Suzuki

Kenta Suga

Kenta Suga

Junnosuke Furuyuki

Masako Motai

Masako Motai

Kin Ohta

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yasunari Kawabuchi

Takaya Kamikawa

Takaya Kamikawa

Shigemitsu Ogi

Shigemitsu Ogi

Kazue Fukiishi

Kazue Fukiishi

Yamamura the teacher

Shihori Kanjiya

Shihori Kanjiya

Ikkei Watanabe

Ikkei Watanabe

Magi

Magi

Seiji Fukushi

Seiji Fukushi

Kazuyuki Asano

Kazuyuki Asano

Satomi Tezuka

Satomi Tezuka

Toru Nomaguchi

Toru Nomaguchi

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