Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMikio Naruse
Screenplay byYōko Mizuki
Based onFloating Clouds
by Fumiko Hayashi
Produced bySanezumi Fujimoto
StarringHideko Takamine
Masayuki Mori
Mariko Okada
CinematographyMasao Tamai
Edited byEiji Ōi
Music byIchirō Saitō
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 15 January 1955 (1955-01-15) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
123 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Film poster showing (from the left) Mariko Okada, Masayuki Mori and Hideko Takamine.

Floating Clouds (Japanese: 浮雲, Hepburn: Ukigumo) is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.[1][2] It is based on the novel Ukigumo by Japanese writer Fumiko Hayashi, published just before her death in 1951.[a] The film received numerous national awards upon its release and remains one of director Naruse's most acclaimed works.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b "浮雲(1955)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "浮雲". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ Hayashi, Fumiko (2006). "Preface by Lane Dunlop". Floating Clouds. Translated by Dunlop, Lane. Columbia University Press.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bfi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Kinema Junpo critics top 200". MUBI. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Top 200 - Kinema Junpō (2009)". Sens critique (in French). Retrieved 12 July 2023.


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