Drama ·Romance · Japan · 1955 · 2h 3m

Floating Clouds

浮雲

Floating Clouds poster
Director
Mikio Naruse
Cast
Hideko Takamine as Yukiko Koda Masayuki Mori as Kengo Tomioka Mariko Okada as Sei Mukai Isao Yamagata as Sugio Iba Chieko Nakakita as Kuniko Tomioka Daisuke Katō as Seikichi Mukai
Crew
Masao Tamai — Director of Photography Eiji Ooi — Editor Ichirō Saitō — Original Music Composer Yōko Mizuki — Screenplay Fumiko Hayashi — Novel Sanezumi Fujimoto — Producer
Tagline

So short is the life of a flower, yet so much hardships it suffered.

Synopsis

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookbathingforbidden lovepost war japan
Key Collaborators
Mikio Naruse Director Masao Tamai Director of Photography Eiji Ooi Editor Ichirō Saitō Original Music Composer Yōko Mizuki Screenplay Fumiko Hayashi Novel Sanezumi Fujimoto Producer Satoru Chūko Production Design
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