

Floating Clouds
1955-01-15 · 123 min · ★ 7.7
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.
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- Directors
- Mikio Naruse
- Production companies
- TOHO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Hideko TakamineYukiko Koda
Masayuki MoriKengo Tomioka
Mariko OkadaSei Mukai
Isao YamagataSugio Iba
Chieko NakakitaKuniko Tomioka
Daisuke KatōSeikichi Mukai
Noriko Sengoku
Mayuri Mokushô
Fuyuki Murakami
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Nobuo Kaneko
Seijirô Onda
Tsuruko Mano
Kumeko Otowa
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