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JAPAN · 2005

Always - Sunset on Third Street

Takashi Yamazaki
postwar reconstruction urban modernization community and neighborly bonds nostalgia for the past coming of age
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Synopsis

In 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, dream, and grow together as rapid modernisation transforms their lives beneath the shadow of the newly rising Tokyo Tower.

Year2005
CountryJapan
DirectorTakashi Yamazaki
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