Always: Sunset on Third Street

Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958. Others in the neighborhood also are striving to better themselves as Japan continues to emerge from the shadow of war. Hiromi has just abandoned her shady life as a dancer to start a sake bar. Abandoned by his single mother, young Junnosuke is first handed off to Hiromi but she passes him off to Ryunosuke Chagawa, a struggling writer who runs a candy shop and only manages to sell adventure stories for boys as his serious novels continue to be rejected. Junnosuke is an avid reader of Chagawa's stories and begins to idolize him upon learning about his authorship. Junnosuke also writes stories, and makes friends with Ippei and others when they discover his tales that show Japan in the hi-tech future of the 21st century.

Grosses

Japan
$25,492,618
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorToho Company
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Opening$1,844,651
271 theaters
Release DateNov 5, 2005
Running Time2 hr 13 min
GenresComedy Drama Family
In Release422 days/60 weeks
Widest Release271 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Nov 5-62$1,844,651-271-$6,806$1,844,6511
Nov 12-131$1,849,722+0.3%270-1$6,850$5,687,3772
Nov 19-201$1,658,983-10.3%270-$6,144$9,430,6583
Nov 26-272$1,421,332-14.3%269-1$5,283$13,371,0034
Dec 3-43$1,295,541-8.9%270+1$4,798$16,115,2345
Dec 10-116$851,578-34.3%254-16$3,352$18,288,2616
Dec 17-188$275,811-67.6%182-72$1,515$19,504,7337
Jan 7-88$546,235-172-$3,175$24,308,84510
Jan 14-159$432,111-20.9%159-13$2,717$25,492,61811