Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 explained

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Director:	Takashi Yamazaki
Screenplay:	Takashi Yamazaki Ryota Kosawa
Starring:	Hidetaka Yoshioka Shinichi Tsutsumi Koyuki Maki Horikita Tomokazu Miura Hiroko Yakushimaru
Producer:	Shūji Abe Osamu Kamei
Music:	Naoki Satō
Cinematography:	Kōzō Shibasaki
Editing:	Ryuji Miyajima
Studio:	Nippon TV Robot Shogakukan VAP Toho Dentsu Yomiuri Shimbun Shirogumi Imagica
Distributor:	Toho Panasia
Runtime:	146 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	English Japanese
Gross:	¥4.56 billion^[1]

is a 2007 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Yamazaki, based on the manga Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan.^{[2] [3] [4]} It is a sequel to (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).

Cast

• Hidetaka Yoshioka
• Shinichi Tsutsumi
• Koyuki
• Maki Horikita
• Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Ayame Koike

Awards and nominations

31st Japan Academy Prize.^[6]

• Won: Best Actor - Hidetaka Yoshioka
• Won: Best Sound Recording - Hitoshi Tsurumaki
• Nominated: Best Picture
• Nominated: Best Director - Takashi Yamazaki
• Nominated: Best Screenplay - Takashi Yamazaki and Ryota Kosawa
• Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Shinichi Tsutsumi
• Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Maki Horikita
• Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Nominated: Best Music - Naoki Sato
• Nominated: Best Cinematography - Kōzō Shibasaki
• Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Kenichi Mizuno
• Nominated: Best Art Direction - Anri Jojo
• Nominated: Best Film Editing - Ryuji Miyajima

Asian Film Awards 2008

• Nominated: Best Supporting Actor – Shinichi Tsutsumi
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actress – Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Nominated: Best Visual Effects – Takashi Yamazaki

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2007年興行収入10億円以上番組. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. October 17, 2021.
2. Web site: Always: Sunset on Third Street 2. Russell Edwards. Variety. November 27, 2007. July 5, 2021. live. July 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705083942/https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/always-sunset-on-third-street-2-1200554291/.
3. Web site: Always: Sunset on Third Street 2. Turner Classic Movies. July 5, 2021.
4. Web site: Always Zoku 3-chome no Yuhi. Mark Schilling. The Japan Times. November 2, 2007. July 5, 2021. dead. July 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705092653/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2007/11/02/films/film-reviews/always-zoku-3-chome-no-yuhi/.
5. Book: Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition]. August 7, 2014. Kasakura Publishing. 368. 9784773087253.
6. Web site: http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=31. ja:第31回 日本アカデミー賞 . 2010-11-07. Japan Academy Prize. https://web.archive.org/web/20101003073019/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=31. 3 October 2010 . live. ja.