5.9
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2008
“So short is the life of a flower, yet so much hardships it suffered.”
Floating Clouds (1955)
January 15, 19552h 3mJA
7.7
105 votes
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.
Director
Mikio NaruseWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
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N/A
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Production Companies
TOHO
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7.0With Japan on it’s knees following the end of the Second World War, “Yukiko” (Hideko Takamine) is struggling to find meaning in her life. She had had a fling with the married “Tomioka” (Masayuki Mori) but when he had been despatched to work for the forestry service in Annam, she assumed that was that. Well no, as it happens, for she is also posted there as a typist and so they pick up where they left off. Whilst perhaps not a sense of happiness, there is contentedness for “Yukiko” until returning to Japan, she soon realises that not only can they never truly be together but that he has most de…
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