Happiness Avenue
1986, Japanese. Directed by Katsuyuki Hirano.
When Otomo Katsuhiro saw his manga Good Weather credited as the “original novel” he burst out laughing. There’s not an iota of his book anywhere in the film. Made in the same year as Sono Sion’s A Man’s Flower Road, Hirano Katsuyuki’s Happiness Avenue (where Sono plays a role) is madder and more abandoned, in both filmmaking and content. Lovelorn Masahiro goes on an odyssey to find fulfilment of his heart’s desire, and the sea he traverses are Tokyo’s open sewages.
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 January 1986
- Original title
- 愛の街角2丁目3番地
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Katsuyuki Hirano
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Happiness Avenue runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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Happiness Avenue isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1986. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Happiness Avenue?
Happiness Avenue (1986) was directed by Katsuyuki Hirano and stars Masahiro Sugiyama, Sion Sono, Yoko Harada.