Floating Clouds(浮雲)
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Japan · 1955
2h 3m
Director Mikio Naruse
Starring Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada, Isao Yamagata
Genre Drama, Romance
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Yukiko is repatriating from French Indochina following World War II. She is looking for Kengo, a man she had a relationship with who promised to divorce his wife for her. Upon returning to Japan, she finds that Kengo didn’t and won’t divorce his wife, leading to a painful affair underlined by a mutual sense of aimless desperation.
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I don't believe there is another film that treats the act of walking in the same way, every gesture serves a tragic function