Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...
- Year: 2012
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, dentsu, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Hiroshima Telecasting, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Shirogumi, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Shogakukan, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, TOHO, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
- Keyword: japan, tokyo, japan, based on manga, 1960s, 20th century, shōwa era (1926-89), japanese economic miracle, shitamachi
- Director: Takashi Yamazaki
- Cast: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Koyuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Maki Horikita, Shota Sometani, Hiroko Yakushimaru
