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Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) (1955)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1955 Wide

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Floating Clouds is set in the dissolution of Japanese society after the war. Yukiko wanders figuratively and literally through a devastated Tokyo searching for a means of existence and comfort. At all turns, she is manipulated by men and forced to submit to their manipulations when she is unable to support herself. Returning to Tokyo at the end of the war, Yukiko tries to get a number of jobs but none of her attempts are successful. As a result she turns to prostitution, catering to American

Unrated, 2 hr. 3 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International

Directed By: Mikio Naruse

Written By: Fumiko Hayashi, Yoko Mizuki

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1955 Wide

Cast

Hideko Takamine
Yukiko Koda
Masayuki Mori
Kengo Tomioka
Daisuke Kat�
Sekichi Mukai
Chieko Nakakita
Kuniko Tomioka
Isao Yamagata
Sugio Iba
Mariko Okada
Osei Mukai

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A colleague astutely described Floating Clouds's ever-deepening sense of detachment as a precursor to Fassbinder.

November 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Keith Uhlich

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This is definitely the most melodramatic Naruse I've seen thus far. That aside, the two protagonists here are arguable the most complex and nuanced. Naruse presents them as very flawed individuals who despite their feelings toward each other, constantly put each other down while harming the people around them. This is

April 26, 2007

X. T. C.

Masayuki Mori plays a terrible cad (but soulfully) and Hideko Takamine is the woman who irrationally loves him. This is really a duet for two tremendous actors, who chart the ill fortunes of a romance that is not to be across many years starting in WW2 but mostly during Japan's rough period directly afterward. It is

January 9, 2012

Art Stukas

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