Always in My Heart watch order
There are 3 Always in My Heart films, about 6.2 hours in total. The first was released in 1953, the latest in 1954. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
A man and a woman meet in an air raid. After leaving the shelter they talk for a moment on the nearby bridge and promise to meet there again in six months if both are still alive. A second air raid separates them before they learn each others’ names. They do both survive the war but circumstances prevent their meeting in six months, thus beginning What Is Your Name?, the most phenomenally popular Japanese movie of the post-war era, eventually lasting six hours in three separate episodes, and arguably the most popular movie in Japanese history given the difference in ticket prices between its appearance and that of Princess Mononoke. https://japanonfilm.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/what-is-your-name-always-in-my-heart-kimi-no-na-wa-1953/
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Always in My Heart (1953)
15 Sep 1953 · 127 min
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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Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
1 Dec 1953 · 120 min
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
27 Apr 1954 · 125 min
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.