As the Tokyo Olympics usher in a wave of rapid modernisation, the residents of Third Street face new beginnings as Mutsuko becomes involved with a seemingly perfect young doctor who may not be all he appears, while Chagawa struggles with his stalled writing career and what it truly means to be a father to the boy he has raised as his own.
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa
Koyuki
Hiromi Ishizaki
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Norifumi Suzuki
Maki Horikita
Mutsuko Hoshino
Shota Sometani
Kenji
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tomoe Suzuki
Tomokazu Miura
Dr. Takuma
Masako Motai
Kin Ota
Kenta Suga
Junnosuke Furuyuki
As the Tokyo Olympics usher in a wave of rapid modernisation, the residents of Third Street face new beginnings as Mutsuko becomes involved with a seemingly perfect young doctor who may not be all he appears, while Chagawa struggles with his stalled writing career and what it truly means to be a father to the boy he has raised as his own.
In 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, dream, and grow together as rapid modernisation transforms their lives beneath the shadow of the newly rising Tokyo Tower.
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