Floating Clouds (1955)
Directed by Mikio
Naruse this film based on the novel of the same name stars Hideko
Takamine and Masayuki Moir. A young woman returns to Japan after WW2
trying to reconnect with the married man she had an affair with in
French Indochina during the war.
This is a tragic tale
of an on/off relationship between two people as they struggle in the
conditions of post war Japan. Occasionally the plot is slightly
melodramatic and the characters unsympathetic but the portrayal of
post war Japan is excellent. There is plenty to enjoy even if like me
you struggle to see what the protagonist sees in the womanising man
she loves.
4/5
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