Floating Clouds
(1955)
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Floating Clouds
(1955)
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| Hideko Takamine | ... |
Yukiko Koda
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| Masayuki Mori | ... |
Kengo Tomioka
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Mariko Okada | ... |
Sei Mukai
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Isao Yamagata | ... |
Sugio Iba
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Chieko Nakakita | ... |
Kuniko Tomioka
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Daisuke Katô | ... |
Seikichi Mukai
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Mayuri Mokusho | ... |
Nomiya no musume
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Noriko Sengoku | ... |
Yakushima no okaasan
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Fuyuki Murakami | ... |
Futsuin no shikensho-chou
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Heihachirô Ôkawa | ... |
Isha
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Nobuo Kaneko | ... |
Futsuin no shoin - Suitou
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Roy James | ... |
American soldier
(as Roi H. Jêmusu)
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Kan Hayashi |
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Akira Tani | ... |
Shinja
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Seijirô Onda |
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This film is based on flashbacks, which I'll ignore here for the sake of clarity. Married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests... See full synopsis »
"Ukigumo" covers a considerable span of time and numerous locations. It tells the story of a young woman (Hideko Takamine) who served in Japan's forest service in Indochina during WW2, and fell in love with a (married) co-worker (Masayuki Mori) while there. After the war, she returns to Japan, completely impoverished, and finds her lover (more or less) comfortably re-established in his family and uninterested in fulfilling the idle promises he made during the war. While Mori is only willing to dally half-heartedly with her (as well as younger prettier women), Takamine remains obsessed with him. Takamine and Mori do a fine job. I found the story effective enough, albeit a bit overly melodramatic. Not my favorite Naruse film, but very much worth seeing.