Floating Clouds (1955)

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

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: Fumiko Hayashi, Yōko Mizuki

Music by: Ichirō Saitō

Starring: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada, Isao Yamagata, Chieko Nakakita, Daisuke Katō, Noriko Sengoku, Mayuri Mokushô, Fuyuki Murakami, Heihachirō Ōkawa

Genre: Drama, Romance

Released: 1955-01-15

Runtime: 123 minutes

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