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Always in My Heart
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Always in My Heart

1953-09-15 · 127 min · ★ 6.8

Drama · Romance · War

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945. Machiko and Haruki pledge to meet again at the bridge in six months but part without asking each other’s names.

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Directors
Hideo Ōba
Production companies
Shochiku
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Keiji SadaKeiji Sada
Keiko KishiKeiko Kishi
Chikage AwashimaChikage Awashima
Yumeji TsukiokaYumeji Tsukioka
Yuji Kawakita
Toshiko KobayashiToshiko Kobayashi
Hitomi NozoeHitomi Nozoe
Keiko AwajiKeiko Awaji
Chishū RyūChishū Ryū
Haruyo IchikawaHaruyo Ichikawa
Yūko MochizukiYūko Mochizuki
Eijirō YanagiEijirō Yanagi
Fujio SugaFujio Suga
Kodayu IchikawaKodayu Ichikawa
Ichirō IzawaIchirō Izawa
Kōji MitsuiKōji Mitsui
Ryuji Kita
Reiko Minakami
Kazuko Motohashi
Tokuji KobayashiTokuji Kobayashi

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