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      Floating Clouds

      1955 2h 3m Drama Romance List
      Reviews 83% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A woman struggles for happiness despite the betrayals of her lover. Read More Read Less

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      Yellowfur D Belated love is like a flower, short-lived and painful. Sometimes, I feel that the beauty of old movies lies not in the story but in the rhythm. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/23 Full Review william d A loser couple try to survive postwar Japan. He treats her like crap but she keeps coming back for more. It's a train wreck, but I kept watching because I wanted to see what would happen next. I did feel the ending was a bit telegraphed though. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member beautiful melancholy(saudade) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A woman and a man married to someone else meet up again after World War II. The woman hopes to maybe rekindle their past affair. At first you think this is going to be bittersweet romantic film about two lovers who can never be together but as the film goes on, it becomes more and more bitter than sweet and goes into all surprising directions. Someone described this film to me as "anti-romance". I can see how it is. If it was made today, the film feels like it's giving the middle finger to Nicholas Sparks and his ilk. The soapy, romantic elements are often undercut by the darker aspects of the story. It's a compelling, surprising film that will probably illicit strong reactions. This is my second film from director Mikio Naruse. I will exploring more from his filmography soon. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member ??????????????????????????????(??????????????)???????????????????????????????????????? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I just saw this and was moved by certain moments and confused by others. Maybe when I sort it out in my mind later I would like it better, like how it happened with WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times Quietly eloquent, immaculately crafted. May 22, 2014 Full Review Dave Kehr Chicago Reader [Naruse's] meanings are contained in his actors' faces and in his distinctive dovetailing of dramatic incidents, a narrative pattern that allows his characters no rest, but affords a strange peace in its constancy. Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine A colleague astutely described Floating Clouds's ever-deepening sense of detachment as a precursor to Fassbinder. Rated: 4/4 Nov 8, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The lights-out melodrama might be the master filmmaker's best film. Rated: A Jul 19, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A woman struggles for happiness despite the betrayals of her lover.
      Director
      Mikio Naruse
      Screenwriter
      Yôko Mizuki, Fumiko Hayashi
      Production Co
      Toho Company
      Genre
      Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      2h 3m