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Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

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

19557.72h 3m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mikio Naruse
Written by Yōko Mizuki, Fumiko Hayashi
Produced by Sanezumi Fujimoto
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Top Cast

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Yukiko Koda

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Kengo Tomioka

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Sei Mukai

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Sugio Iba

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Kuniko Tomioka

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Seikichi Mukai

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Mayuri Mokushô

Mayuri Mokushô

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookbathingforbidden lovepost war japan

About Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds is a drama, romance film released in 1955 exploring themes of based on novel or book, bathing, forbidden love, post war japan. Directed by Mikio Naruse, it stars Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada. 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.

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