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RUNTIME
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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Alldays Rising sun on the Second street
2008 1h 21m JA
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★7.0TMDB · 1
DramaComedy
Synopsis
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The movie's title is a play on the popular Always - Sunset on Third Street films and also deals with circumstances 1950's Tokyo, but focuses on the homosexual district of Shinjuku ni-chome.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Yūka Arai
Shoichi Matsuda
Ryosuke Miura
Kazuhiro Nakahara
Emiko Nakamura
Kotaro Takeshita
Momoko Tani
Atsushi Yamanaka
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kenji Murakami
- Writers
- Masako Chiba
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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The take
Kenji Murakami directs. Kenichi Negishi behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 18 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Kenji Murakami, shot by Kenichi Negishi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Yūka Arai and Shoichi Matsuda and Ryosuke Miura carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt1258913 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Kenichi Negishi
- Runtime
- 81 min · 1h 21m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Kenji Murakami
Key crew
- Art DirectionKazuhisa Hatakeyama
- ProducerKawashima Masanori
- ProducerKazue Udagawa
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2008-02-02
