Always: Sunset on Third Street

Always: Sunset on Third Street
Theatrical poster
Directed byTakashi Yamazaki
Screenplay byTakashi Yamazaki
Based onSunset on Third Street
by Ryōhei Saigan
Produced byShūji Abe
Chikahiro Ando
Keiichiro Moriya
Nozomu Takahashi
StarringHidetaka Yoshioka
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Koyuki
Maki Horikita
Kenta Suga
Kazuki Koshimizu
Tomokazu Miura
Hiroko Yakushimaru
CinematographyKōzō Shibasaki
Edited byRyuji Miyajima
Music byNaoki Sato
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 5 November 2005 (2005-11-05)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Always: Sunset on Third Street (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日, Ōruweizu: San-chōme no Yūhi) is a 2005 Japanese drama film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, based on the manga Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan. It was chosen as Picture of the Year at the Japan Academy Film Prize in 2006.

The film spawned two sequels, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) and Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012).