Takashi YAMAZAKI 山崎貴
Always – Sunset On Third Street
Nippon Cinema ª
Once upon a time in Tokyo... It's 1958 and Japan is recovering from World War II. Things are not easy for the inhabitants of Third Street, but they are full of hope for what the future might bring. A warm-hearted portrait of a time when everything was possible.
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Always – Sunset On Third Street (NC 2006)
Japan 2005
133 minutes
Director
Takashi YAMAZAKI
Script
Takashi YAMAZAKI, Ryota KOSAWA based on a narration by Ryohei SAIGAN
Cinematography
Kozo SHIBASAKI
Music
Naoki SATO
Production
Dentsu, Toho, Nippon Television Network (NTV), Robot Communications, Shogakukan
World sales
Nippon Television Network (NTV)
Cast
Hidetaka YOSHIOKA, Shinichi TSUTSUMI, Koyuki, Maki HORIKITA, Tomokazu MIURA
About Takashi YAMAZAKI
山崎貴
Takashi YAMAZAKI, born in Nagano Prefecture in 1964, graduated from Asagaya College of Art and Design. His film JUVENILE (2000) was his directorial debut. His film ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET (2005 / NC ’06) won 12 out of 14 categories of the Japan Academy Film Prize. BATTLESHIP YAMATO (2010) and STAND BY ME DORAEMON (2014) were also highly successful at the box office. PARASYTE: PART 1 (2014 / NC ’15) and PARASYTE: PART 2 (2015 / NC ’15) as well as DESTINY: THE TALE OF KAMAKURA (2017 / NC ’18) were screened at Nippon Connection. LUPIN III: THE FIRST (2019 / NC ’21) was awarded the Japan Academy Film Prize as Excellent Animation Work. YAMAZAKI is considered to be one of the leading special effects experts in Japan.