DIY MVIn Japan, in the late 1950's, anything was possible. The War was over, the rubble was cleared and the rebuilding began, nowhere more spectacularly than in Tokyo where the magnificent Tokyo Tower was underway and houses across the city were acquiring their first washing machines, refrigerators and that most holy of holies, televisions. Visually lavish, and the winner of 13 of Japan's 14 Academy Awards, ALWAYS -- SUNSET ON THIRD STREET charts this time when anything was possible. Shot on Toho's soundstages and using digital wizardry to resurrect 1950's Tokyo, everything is meticulously recreated from the spidery superstructure of the Tokyo Tower rising up against the sky, to the covers of the pulp sci-fi magazines sold by Mr.Chagawa down the street who wants to write the Great Japanese Novel. His dreams are no more deluded than those of Mutsuko, a schoolgirl from the countryside who thinks she's taken a job with a thriving car manufacturer only to discover that she's working in a one-garage mechanic's shop. But pluck and luck abound in this gorgeous period piece that feels like a Frank Capra film if only he'd been a little more cynical and a lot more Japanese. Based on a popular manga, ALWAYS -- SUNSET ON THIRD STREET is a movie that guarantees you'll cry at the end, but you won't feel cheap about it.

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