Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (ALWAYS 続・三丁目の夕日) is a 2007 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Yamazaki, based on the manga Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan.[1][2][4] It is a sequel to Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005). At the 31st Japan Academy Film Prize it won two awards and received eleven other nominations. The film was Godzilla's first full CGI cameo outside of his own film series,[5] and Yamazaki would later go on to direct and write Godzilla Minus One (2023).

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
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Directed byTakashi Yamazaki
Screenplay byTakashi Yamazaki
Ryota Kosawa
Based onSunset on Third Street
by Ryōhei Saigan
Produced byShūji Abe
Osamu Kamei
StarringHidetaka Yoshioka
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Koyuki
Maki Horikita
Tomokazu Miura
Hiroko Yakushimaru
CinematographyKōzō Shibasaki
Edited byRyuji Miyajima
Music byNaoki Satō
Production
companies
Nippon TV[1]
Robot[1]
Shogakukan[1]
VAP[1]
Toho[1]
Dentsu[1]
Yomiuri Shimbun[1]
Shirogumi[1]
Imagica[1]
Distributed byToho[1]
Panasia[2]
Release date
  • November 3, 2007 (2007-11-03)
Running time
146 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese
Box office¥4.56 billion[3]

Plot

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Cast

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Awards and nominations

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31st Japan Academy Prize.[6]

Asian Film Awards 2008[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Russell Edwards (27 November 2007). "Always: Sunset on Third Street 2". Variety. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Always: Sunset on Third Street 2". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2007年興行収入10億円以上番組" (PDF). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ^ Mark Schilling (2 November 2007). "Always Zoku 3-chome no Yuhi". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition]. Kasakura Publishing. 7 August 2014. p. 368. ISBN 9784773087253.
  6. ^ 第31回 日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  7. ^ Always zoku san-chôme no yûhi - IMDb, retrieved 26 August 2020
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