DVD release - Always: Sunset on Third Street [Standard Edition] (Vap, Inc.) available on June 9, 2006

Japanese Standard Edition DVD release of Takashi Yamazaki’s Always: Sunset on Third Street (Always: San-chome no Yuhi, 2005) with English subtitles.

Plot: 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.

Specs: 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 trailers, TV spots, two audio commentaries, and cast and staff profiles.

Available at the following retailer(s) on June 9, 2006: