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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 21, 2012

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日 '64

Production Companies

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

Director

Takashi Yamazaki

Revenue

$35,297,840

Description

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...