Always in My Heart

Always in My Heart

1953 · 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.

Directed by Hideo Ōba · Written by Takao Yanai

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