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Floating Clouds

7.719552h 3mMovieDramaRomance

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

DirectorMikio Naruse
WriterYōko Mizuki
ProducerSanezumi Fujimoto

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Cast · Directed by Mikio Naruse

HTHideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Yukiko Koda
MMMasayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
Kengo Tomioka
MOMariko Okada
Mariko Okada
Sei Mukai
IYIsao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata
Sugio Iba
CNChieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
Kuniko Tomioka
DKDaisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Seikichi Mukai
NSNoriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
MMMayuri Mokushô
Mayuri Mokushô
FMFuyuki Murakami
Fuyuki Murakami
HŌHeihachirō Ōkawa
Heihachirō Ōkawa
NKNobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
RJ
Roy James

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