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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

2012

2h 22m

7.2(22 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

As the Tokyo Olympics usher in a wave of rapid modernisation, the residents of Third Street face new beginnings as Mutsuko becomes involved with a seemingly perfect young doctor who may not be all he appears, while Chagawa struggles with his stalled writing career and what it truly means to be a father to the boy he has raised as his own.

Links & Resources

Social & External

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

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

21 members

Acting

吉岡秀隆

Ryunosuke Chagawa

吉岡秀隆

Acting

小雪

Hiromi Ishizaki

Acting

堤真一

Norifumi Suzuki

堤真一

Acting

堀北真希

Mutsuko Hoshino

堀北真希

Acting

染谷将太

Kenji

染谷将太

Acting

薬師丸ひろ子

Tomoe Suzuki

薬師丸ひろ子

Acting

三浦友和

Dr. Takuma

三浦友和

Acting

もたいまさこ

Kin Ota

もたいまさこ

Acting

須賀健太

Junnosuke Furuyuki

須賀健太

Acting

大森南朋

Tomioka

大森南朋

Acting

高畑淳子

Natsuko

高畑淳子

Acting

神戸浩

mailman

神戸浩

Acting

森山未來

Kotaro Kikuchi

森山未來

Acting

小清水一揮

Ippei Suzuki

小清水一揮

Acting

マギー

Butcher shop

マギー

Acting

温水洋一

Bicycle shop

温水洋一

Acting

飯田基祐

Officer Nakajima

飯田基祐

Acting

ピエール瀧

Ice man

ピエール瀧

Acting

蛭子能収

Electronic store

蛭子能収

Acting

正司照枝

Midwife

No Image

Acting

米倉斉加年

Rintaro Chagawa

米倉斉加年

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