Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

2012 6.8 (19 votes) 2h 22m

Genres

Comedy Drama

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

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日 '64)

Overview

The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...