Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Always san-chôme no yûhi (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 13min
- Comedy, Drama
- 05 Nov 2005 (Japan)
- Movie
- 30 wins & 5 nominations.
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Cast
Maki Horikita | ... |
Mutsuko Hoshino
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Hidetaka Yoshioka | ... |
Ryunosuke Chagawa
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Shin'ichi Tsutsumi | ... |
Norifumi Suzuki
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Koyuki | ... |
Hiromi Ishizaki
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Hiroko Yakushimaru | ... |
Tomoe Suzuki
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Kazuki Koshimizu | ... |
Ippei Suzuki
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Kenta Suga | ... |
Junnosuke Furuyuki
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Masaya Takahashi | ... |
Saburo
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Kaga Mochimaru | ... |
Yûichirô
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Tôru Masuoka | ... |
The Theatre Manager
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Takashi Matsuo | ... |
The Realtor
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Hiroshi Kamido | ... |
The Postman
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Hiroshi Kanbe | ... |
The Postman
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Magy | ... |
The Butcher
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Yôichi Nukumizu | ... |
The Bicycle Shopkeeper
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Pierre Taki | ... |
The Ice Seller
(as Piêru Taki)
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Kisuke Iida | ... |
The Policeman
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Motosuke Iida | ... |
The Policeman
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Yûichi Kimura | ... |
The Electrician
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Masako Motai | ... |
Kin Ôta
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Tomokazu Miura | ... |
Shirô "Akuma" Takuma
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Kuniko Asagi | ... |
Takuma's Wife
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Airu Shigemoto | ... |
Takuma's Daughter
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Kaoru Okunuki | ... |
Kazuko Furuyuki
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Kenjirô Ishimaru | ... |
Shizuo Fujio
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Shigemitsu Ogi | ... |
The Secretary
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Fumiyo Kohinata | ... |
Yasunari Kawabuchi
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Shin'ichi Hatori | ... |
Passerby
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Kôsuke Suzuki | ... |
(as Kosuke Suzuki)
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Dasha Teranishi | ... |
Tourist
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Directed by
Takashi Yamazaki |
Written by
Ryôhei Saigan | ... | (comic) |
Takashi Yamazaki | ... | (screenplay) & |
Ryôta Kosawa | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Shûji Abe | ... | executive producer (as Shuji Abe) |
Chikahiro Ando | ... | producer |
Masaki Koide | ... | associate producer |
Keiichiro Moriya | ... | producer |
Seiji Okuda | ... | executive producer |
Yoshishige Shimatani | ... | chief executive producer |
Nozomu Takahashi | ... | producer |
Music by
Naoki Satô |
Cinematography by
Kôzô Shibasaki |
Editing by
Ryûji Miyajima |
Production Design by
Anri Jôjô |
Production Management
Shoichi Takeuchi | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
Masaru Ohgawara | ... | sound effects editor |
Hitoshi Tsurumaki | ... | sound |
Visual Effects by
Sachiko Eba | ... | digital matte painter: Phoenix |
Mika Emura | ... | compositing/data assist |
Tatsuya Hayasaki | ... | 3dcg artist: Shirogumi |
Takayuki Hayashi | ... | 3dcg texture matte painter: Shirogumi |
Masayuki Hosoyama | ... | miniature shooting crew: Shirogumi |
Kazumi Hozumi | ... | 3dcg artist: Shirogumi |
Yoshiyuki Itô | ... | digital compositor: The Tube |
Ryôta Izutsu | ... | digital compositor: The Tube |
Shinya Kazumata | ... | motion capture animator: EEN |
Toshiaki Kimura | ... | miniature shooting crew: Shirogumi |
Hiroyasu Kobayashi | ... | digital matte painter: Phoenix |
Kei Matsumoto | ... | 3dcg artist: Shirogumi |
Yuka Onoue | ... | digital compositor: Shirogumi |
Kenji Ozawa | ... | motion capture director: EEN |
Kiyoko Shibuya | ... | visual effects director |
Jun Suganami | ... | miniature shooting crew: Shirogumi |
Masanori Takahashi | ... | chief 3d artist: Shirogumi |
Haruki Uchida | ... | motion capture animator: EEN |
Takayuki Ueki | ... | 3dcg artist: Shirogumi |
Katsunori Yamaji | ... | motion capture supervisor: EEN |
Stunts
Kenji Tanigaki | ... | action coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Shinichi Chiba | ... | steadicam |
Ken'ichi Mizuno | ... | gaffer |
Music Department
Kôzô Araki | ... | music producer |
Satoshi Hirakawa | ... | music coordinator |
Yusuke Horigome | ... | music coordinator |
Mikio Obata | ... | music engineer / music mixer |
Production Companies
- DENTSU Music And Entertainment
- Imagica
- Nippon Television Network (NTV)
- Robot Communications
- Shogakukan
- Toho
- Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)
Distributors
- Subway Cinema (2006) (United States) (theatrical)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2006) (Japan) (tv)
- Toho (2005) (World-wide)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Aster Hobby (production wishes to thank)
- Austin Healey Club of Japan (automobile cooperation)
- Azecra (special thanks)
- Bicycle Culture Center (filming cooperation)
- Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (production wishes to thank)
- Business Hotel New City (filming cooperation)
- Continental Far East (dolby film consultant)
- Creative Lab., Tokyo University of Technology (motion capture cooperation)
- Echo Model (production wishes to thank)
- Face Music Publisher (music production)
- Face Music Publisher (orchestra contracted by)
- Fukuyama Auto & Clock Museum (automobile cooperation)
- Golley's (special thanks)
- Hoei TV Production (extras)
- House Foods (special support)
- Imagica (digital intermediate)
- Imagica (film processing)
- Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing (production wishes to thank)
- Kitakyushu Film Commission (film commission)
- Kurashiki Film Commission
- Kyoto Tokyu Hotel (filming cooperation)
- Morning Sun (special thanks)
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute (production wishes to thank)
- Naigai Yakuhin (production wishes to thank)
- Okayama Film Commission (film commission)
- Per Gramme Market (special thanks)
- Premium Agency (special thanks)
- Safari Motors (automobile cooperation)
- Saitama Classic Car Club (automobile cooperation)
- Saitama Classic Car Club (special thanks)
- Shogakukan Production (production wishes to thank)
- Sound Inn Studio (music mixed at)
- Takenaka (production wishes to thank)
- Tatebayashi Grand Hotel (filming cooperation)
- Tokuda Hatsudouki (special thanks)
- Tokyo Jido Gekidan (special thanks)
- Tsukui Garage (automobile cooperation)
- Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum (filming cooperation)
- Used Clothing 107 (special thanks)
- Victor Studio (music recorded at)
- Video Audio Project (VAP) (original soundtrack)
- Yogi Production Company (special thanks)
- Yokohama Live Steam Club (production wishes to thank)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958. Others in the neighborhood also are striving to better themselves as Japan continues to emerge from the shadow of war. Hiromi has just abandoned her shady life as a dancer to start a sake bar. Abandoned by his single mother, young Junnosuke is first handed off to Hiromi but she passes him off to Ryunosuke Chagawa, a struggling writer who runs a candy shop and only manages to sell adventure stories for boys as his serious novels continue to be rejected. Junnosuke is an avid reader of Chagawa's stories and begins to idolize him upon learning about his authorship. Junnosuke also writes stories, and makes friends with Ippei and others when they discover his tales that show Japan in the hi-tech future of the 21st century. Written by Brian Greenhalgh |
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Budget | JPY14,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The "Chagawa Ryunosuke" character is named after real-life author Akutagawa Ryunosuke. The Kanji characters of both names are nearly identical. See more » |
Goofs | 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). See more » |
Movie Connections | Followed by Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007). See more » |
Soundtracks | ALWAYS See more » |