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Director:
Takashi Yamazaki
Writers:
Ryôhei Saigan (comic)
Takashi Yamazaki (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
5 November 2005 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | Family more
Plot:
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive... more | add synopsis
Awards:
29 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Most wonderful film more (17 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Always - Sunset on Third Street (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Japan:133 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The "Chagawa Ryunosuke" character is named after real-life author Akutagawa Ryunosuke. The Kanji characters of both names are nearly identical. more
Goofs:
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). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Alldays: Ni-chôme no asahi (2008) more
Soundtrack:
ALWAYS more

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Most wonderful film, 1 September 2008
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Author: akirameruna2001 from United States

this is the best film i've seen. it emotes and moves you. Idealistic and simplistic (how can you avoid them in a two-hour media) but still captures the essence of Tokyo pre-economic boom and Japan's march toward materialism. Hope, innocence, inter-dependence, both individually and societally, are wonderfully captured in this film. Acting for the roles of Ippei, Tomoe, Roku, and Junnosuke are superb. The background music is excellent. Memorable scenes: Ippei and friends flying airplane, Roku and Ippei meeting for the first time and exchanging greetings in Roku's Tohoku dialect, Ippei noticing Roku crying in her room the first night at the Suzuki's and Ippei asks, "What happened? Do you have a stomach-ache?" Ah, the innocence lost. Where have you gone?

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