Floating Clouds

1955

124 mins

Directed by Mikio Naruse
83%
Drama
Romance

A dark comedic look at a tempestuous love affair between needy and obsessive secretary Yukiko (Hideko Takamine) and her married... More

A dark comedic look at a tempestuous love affair between needy and obsessive secretary Yukiko (Hideko Takamine) and her married boss, the stoic Tomioka. Set in postwar Japan, the film charts the challenges that the couple face as they attempt to share a life together.

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Floating Clouds | Ratings & Reviews

83_%577 reviews
Audience score rating

"A frigid Mikio Naruse masterpiece... only through the film's luminous final close-up that we, like Tomioka, become aware of those very things callously taken for granted that are now tragically and irretrievably lost."

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