DVD release - Always and Always 2 Twin Pack (Vap, Inc.) available on May 21, 2008

A twin pack of both Vap, Inc “Regular Edition” releases of “Always” and “Always 2” packaged together at a discounted price.

In Always: Sunset on Third Street (Always: San-chome no Yuhi, 2005), Mutsuko (Maki Horikita) travels to Tokyo to get a job at a major automotive company, but instead ends up working at a small, family-owned car repair shop. The Suzuki’s young son Ippei takes a shine to Mutsuko and starts thinking of her as an older sister. Other Tokyo citizens are also striving to make a name for themselves in post-war Tokyo. A former exotic dancer named Hiromi (Koyuki) starts up a sake bar. When a young boy named Junnosuke (Kenta Suga) is left in her care she leaves him with struggling writer Chagawa (Hidetaka Yoshioka). Unfortunately Chagawa is only able to generate interest in his children’s adventure stories, but this suits Junnosuke just fine and he begins to respect his new caretaker more and more. Junnosuke eventually starts to write his own stories and befriends Ippei of the Suzuki family who becomes interested in reading his futuristic sci-fi tales.

In Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always - Zoku San-chome no Yuhi, 2007), Chagawa finds it difficult to support Junnosuke and is afraid Junnosuke’s rich father will swoop in and take him away. To avoid this, Chagawa attempts to win the “Akutagawa-sho” literary award for the prize money. Meanwhile, a 7-year-old spoiled rich girl named Mika is left with the Suzukis, but her attitude changes when she sees her cousins working hard around the house. Mutsuko is still working as a mechanic and her boyfriend Takeo is studying cooking. Eventually Chagawa starts looking for Hiromi, who is back working as an exotic dancer under the stage name “Betty”. [Watch trailer]

Region 2, NTSC, DVD-9. Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0ch and Dolby Digital 5.1ch audio tracks available with optional English and Japanese subtitles. Features include theatrical trailers, staff and cast introduction.

Related releases:
Always: Sunset on Third Street Regular Edition
Always: Sunset on Third Street Special Edition
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 Regular Edition
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 Deluxe Edition

Available at the following retailer(s) on May 21, 2008: