Always - Sunset on Third Street
Always san-chôme no yûhi
Japan
2005
133 Min
Color
2.35:1
Japanese
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The plot takes place in a small community in post-war Tokyo, and follows the interweaving story threads of a number of the community’s residents over the course of a single year as Tokyo Tower is being built. Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive…
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Takashi Yamazaki
Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴 Yamazaki Takashi?, born June 12, 1964 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and VFX director. He won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2006 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi. He is a member of the animation and film visual effects studio Shirogumi. —Wikipedia
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catch_33
28Jun10
A picture of a Post-war Japan trying to rebuild in the face of changing values. Cliche, melodramatic and idiotic but also quite sentimental and touching. Some beautiful visuals and a wonderful use of CG which actually have a warmth to them and rarely feel artificial, a nice change. Although extremely obvious and far from subtle, one can't help but be moved by the honest portrayal of everyday folk in post-war Japan.
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NYAFF Report: ALWAYS, SUNSET ON THIRD STREET Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Call it the Titanic Syndrome but whenever word comes out of a film sweeping film awards the assumption tends to be that it has done so by playing to the lowest possible common denominator, by glossing
NYAFF Report: ALWAYS, SUNSET ON THIRD STREET Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Call it the Titanic Syndrome but whenever word comes out of a film sweeping film awards the assumption tends to be that it has done so by playing to the lowest possible common denominator, by glossing
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