Two years of the very successful first part of this nostalgic trip to post-war Tokyo, Always 2 brings back all its characters. The plot is similar, too, with basically all story-lines revolving around lost friends and family members. If the melodrama is too much for you, you can still enjoy recreations of an early shinkansen, airplanes, street cars, street scenes and even Godzilla.

This was my first Japanese film without subtitles on the big screen. There may have been some finer points that I missed (there could not have been too many of them, it's a straight-forward tear-jerker), but I got most of what was going on, I think.

The IMDb page is horribly empty. I might have been the first one to cast a vote, there are no comments and no poster, and only Koyuki has a picture. I was surprised to find out that the posters are apparently not user-contributed content, but part of the movie's official promotion. I tried to upload one, but would have had to pay 35 dollars for the privilege.

7 points