Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

7.2 / 10 2012 2h 22mNR Japanese
ComedyDrama

Storyline

As the Tokyo Olympics usher in a wave of rapid modernisation, the residents of Third Street face new beginnings as Mutsuko becomes involved with a seemingly perfect young doctor who may not be all he appears, while Chagawa struggles with his stalled writing career and what it truly means to be a father to the boy he has raised as his own.

Cast & Crew

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Ryunosuke Chagawa

Lead
Koyuki

Koyuki

Hiromi Ishizaki

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Norifumi Suzuki

Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

Mutsuko Hoshino

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Kenji

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Tomoe Suzuki

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Dr. Takuma

Masako Motai

Masako Motai

Kin Ota

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Takashi Yamazaki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker