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5 November 2005 (Japan)
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Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive...
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29 wins
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Maki Horikita | ... | Mutsuko Hoshino | |
| Hidetaka Yoshioka | ... | Ryunosuke Chagawa | |
| Shin'ichi Tsutsumi | ... | Norifumi Suzuki | |
| Koyuki | ... | Hiromi Ishizaki | |
| Hiroko Yakushimaru | ... | Tomoe Suzuki | |
| Kazuki Koshimizu | ... | Ippei Suzuki | |
| Kenta Suga | ... | Junnosuke Furuyuki | |
| Masaya Takahashi | ... | Saburo | |
| Kaga Mochimaru | ... | Yûichirô | |
| Toru Masuoka | ... | The Theatre Manager | |
| Takashi Matsuo | ... | The Realtor | |
| Hiroshi Kamido | ... | The Postman | |
| Hiroshi Kanbe | ... | The Postman | |
| Magy | ... | The Butcher | |
| Yôichi Nukumizu | ... | The Bicycle Shopkeeper |
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Always - Sunset on Third Street (International: English title)
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Japan:133 min
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The "Chagawa Ryunosuke" character is named after real-life author Akutagawa Ryunosuke. The Kanji characters of both names are nearly identical.
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Miscellaneous: Just before opening title, Ippei spins the propeller of his toy plane clockwise. When he releases the plane, the propeller is spinning clockwise. The propeller was powered by an elastic band - releasing it would cause the propeller to spin counter-clockwise. The error was noticed in post production but couldn't be fixed without re-shooting the entire continuous one-shot or re-doing the CGI. They decided to leave it in hoping no one would notice (though they revealed the goof in the director's commentary).
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Referenced in Alldays: Ni-chôme no asahi (2008)
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This film has won so many awards and it deserves every single one of them. Set in Tokyo in 1958 at the time of the construction of the Tokyo Tower, the story depicts a few families in that neighborhood and the things they go through. It has both comic turns and, once in a while, sad references. It is also overtly sentimental at times, but the emotional power of the film never wanes, and it is just a feel great film. The acting is excellent. There are real glimpses into the meaning of family, love and caring, and just generally sharing your time together. If you think you are going to watch this film and promise yourself you will not be sucked in by its sentiment, you are missing the point. Its supposed to make you laugh and cry. Although Tokyo has demonstrably changed since 1958 (I went there in May 2008, you wouldn't be able to find traces of this existence), this is a period film which just works wonderfully. It was so successful, a sequel was done. I'm going to watch that, since, based on this film alone, I want to see what happens to these characters from here. That is how great the film is, that one film alone is not good enough to let these characters go. Simply a triumph that deserves all the success it has achieved.