Always - Sunset on Third Street

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Always - Sunset on Third Street

2005

2h 13m

7.7(50 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Yuichiro

Toru Masuoka

Theater Manager

Creative team

Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Written by: Takashi Yamazaki
Ryota Kosawa
Produced by: Nozomu Takahashi
Keichiiro Moriya

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