
An Autumn Afternoon(1962)
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.


Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer Junnosuke strive alongside them in postwar Tokyo's evolution.

Maki Horikita
Mutsuko Hoshino

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa

Shinichi Tsutsumi
Norifumi Suzuki

Koyuki
Hiromi Ishizaki

Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tomoe Suzuki

Kazuki Koshimizu
Ippei Suzuki

Kenta Suga
Junnosuke Furuyuki

Masaya Takahashi
Saburo
Kaga Mochimaru
Yuichiro

Toru Masuoka
Theater Manager
Always - Sunset on Third Street is a comedy, drama film released in 2005 exploring themes of japan, tokyo, japan, based on manga, 1950s, 20th century, shōwa era (1926-89). Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it stars Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shinichi Tsutsumi. Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer Junnosuke strive alongside them in postwar Tokyo's evolution.
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