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Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

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  • Release Date: 01/07/2024
  • Barcode: 5035673015179
  • Edition: Restored Edition
  • Genre: World Cinema
  • Certificate: 12
  • Director: Mikio Naruse
  • Region Code: Blu-ray B
  • Studio: BFI
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

Restored Edition

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DESCRIPTION


During the war in French Indochina, a married Japanese man falls in love with a young typist, Yukiko, and promises to marry her after the war. Upon their return to Tokyo, their idyllic relationship crumbles, but they cannot keep away from one another. Despite finding nothing but conflict and instability, they helplessly return to each other repeatedly as they attempt to rebuild their lives from the ruins of World War II.


A classic of Japanese cinema described as a ‘masterpiece’ by Yasujiro Ozu, Floating Clouds is a melancholy meditation on the hopeless
side of love. Through the lens of Yukiko and Tomioka’s tempestuous relationship, Mikio Naruse’s most acclaimed film quietly captures
the devastation of a country in economic post-war ruin.
Extras



  • Newly restored and presented in high-definition

  • Newly recorded audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin

  • Interview with Japanese film expert Freda Freiberg (2007, 11 mins)

  • Paul Willeman on Floating Clouds (2007, 7 mins)

  • Commentary on a scene (2007, 10 mins): Freda Freiberg provides a commentary on a key scene from the film

  • **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film, archive essay by Adrian Martin and credits




    Special Features

    Commentary: Adrian Martin (critic), Documentaries: 'Commentary on a scene'; 'Paul Willeman On 'Floating Clouds'', Interviews: Freda Freiberg (Japanese film expert), 'Mikio Naruse: Auteur As Salaryman' (2016, audio only): Academic Catherine Russell, an expert in the cinema of Naruse, assesses the director's career. Recorded at BFI Southbank.

    ADDITIONAL DETAILS

  • Actors: Isao Yamagata, Masayuki Mori, Chieko Nakakita, Mariko Okada, Daisuke Katô, Hideko Takamine
  • Audio Languages: Japanese
  • Duration: 123 minutes
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Subtitle Languages: English
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