Full awards and nominations of Always: Sunset on Third Street
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Drama
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the ... [+]
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29th Japan Academy Film Prize
- winner Best Film
- winner Best Director (Takashi Yamazaki)
- winner Best Screenplay (Takashi Yamazaki, Ryota Kosawa)
- winner Best Actor (Hidetaka Yoshioka)
- nom. Best Actress (Koyuki)
- winner Best Supporting Actor (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi)
- winner Best Supporting Actress (Hiroko Yakushimaru)
- winner Newcomer of the Year (Maki Horikita)
- winner Best Music (Naoki Sato)
- winner Best Cinematography (Kôzô Shibasaki)
- winner Best Lighting Direction (Kenichi Mizuno)
- winner Best Art Direction (Anri Jōjō)
- winner Best Sound Recording (Hitoshi Tsurumaki)
- winner Best Film Editing (Ryuji Miyajima)