Ukigumo (Floating Clouds)

Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) (1955)

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    (515 ratings)

Floating Clouds is set in the dissolution of Japanese society after the war. Yukiko wanders figuratively and literally through a devastated Tokyo searching for a means of existence and comfort. At all turns, she is manipulated by men and forced to submit to their manipulations when she is unable to… More

Unrated, 2 hr. 3 min.
Directed By
Mikio Naruse
Written By
Fumiko Hayashi, Yoko Mizuki
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1955 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Keith Uhlich, Slant Magazine

    A colleague astutely described Floating Clouds's ever-deepening sense of detachment as a precursor to Fassbinder.

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  • George M


    Melodrama with very rare sensibility and tremendously affecting performances.

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