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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 poster
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MASTER SCORE 67.7 / 100
2012·Comedy / Drama / Family·2h 22m

ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET '64

The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...

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Takashi Yamazaki·DirectorTakashi Yamazaki·ScreenplayRyota Kosawa·ScreenplayKōzō Shibazaki·Director of PhotographyNaoki Sato·Original Music ComposerRyuji Miyajima·Editor
Cast
Hidetaka Yoshioka·Ryunosuke ChagawaKoyuki·Hiromi IshizakiShinichi Tsutsumi·Norifumi SuzukiMaki Horikita·Mutsuko HoshinoShota Sometani·KenjiHiroko Yakushimaru·Tomoe SuzukiTomokazu Miura·Dr. TakumaMasako Motai·Kin OtaKenta Suga·Junnosuke FuruyukiNao Omori·Tomioka
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 1
Takashi Yamazaki·Director
Writing· 2
Takashi Yamazaki·ScreenplayRyota Kosawa·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Kōzō Shibazaki·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Ryuji Miyajima·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Naoki Sato·Original Music ComposerKenji Shibasaki·Sound Effects
Art & Design· 2
Anri Jojo·Production DesignTetsuji Tatsuta·Set Decoration
Production· 8
Takaaki Kada·ProducerFumihiro Hirai·ProducerHiroshi Miyazaki·ProducerMinami Ichikawa·ProducerOsamu Kamei·ProducerShuji Abe·Executive ProducerSeiji Okuda·Executive ProducerGo Abe·Production Manager
Other Departments· 13
Sho Funabashi·Digital CompositorMika Emura·Visual Effects Production ManagerJun Harashima·Matte PainterTakayuki Hayashi·CG PainterTatsuya Hayasaki·3D ArtistTakehiko Hoashi·ModelingSachiko Eba·Matte PainterYoshihito Odaka·Digital CompositorMasaki Takahashi·3D ArtistDaiji Masumoto·Matte PainterTakeo Yoshikawa·Digital CompositorTakayuki Ueki·3D ArtistEisin Okubo·Digital Compositor
By the Numbers
67.7
OF 100
Master Score
7.1
OF 10
IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
$35M
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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