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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

2007-11-03 · 146 min · ★ 7.1

Comedy · Drama

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.

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Directors
Takashi Yamazaki
Production companies
dentsu Music and Entertainment, IMAGICA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications, Shogakukan, TOHO, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Shirogumi, IMAGICA GROUP, VAP, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Countries
Japan
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 46,790,160

Top Cast

Hidetaka YoshiokaHidetaka YoshiokaRyunosuke Chagawa
Shinichi TsutsumiShinichi TsutsumiNorifumi Suzuki
KoyukiKoyukiHiromi Ishizaki
Maki HorikitaMaki HorikitaMutsuko Hoshino
Hiroko YakushimaruHiroko YakushimaruTomoe Suzuki
Tomokazu MiuraTomokazu MiuraDr. Takuma
Masako MotaiMasako MotaiKin Ohta
Fumiyo KohinataFumiyo KohinataYasunari Kawabuchi
Kenta SugaKenta SugaJunnosuke Furuyuki
Kazuki KoshimizuKazuki KoshimizuIppei Suzuki
Takaya KamikawaTakaya Kamikawa
Satomi TezukaSatomi Tezuka
Mitsuru HirataMitsuru Hirata
Kazue FukiishiKazue FukiishiYamamura the teacher
Seiji FukushiSeiji Fukushi
Kazuyuki AsanoKazuyuki Asano
Ikkei WatanabeIkkei Watanabe
MagiMagi
Yoichi NukumizuYoichi Nukumizu
Hiroshi KanbeHiroshi KanbeTelegraph clerk

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