Floating Clouds

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[[File:Ukigumo poster.jpg|thumb|Film poster showing (from the left) [[Mariko Okada]], [[Masayuki Mori (actor)|Masayuki Mori]] and [[Hideko Takamine]].]]

[[File:Ukigumo poster.jpg|thumb|Film poster showing (from the left) [[Mariko Okada]], [[Masayuki Mori (actor)|Masayuki Mori]] and [[Hideko Takamine]].]]

{{nihongo|'''''Floating Clouds'''''|浮雲|Ukigumo|lead=yes}} is a 1955 Japanese [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Mikio Naruse]].<ref name="kinenote" /><ref name="jmdb" /> It is based on the novel ''Ukigumo'' by Japanese writer [[Fumiko Hayashi (author)|Fumiko Hayashi]], published just before her death in 1951.{{efn|The serialisation of ''Ukigumo'' ended in August 1951, two months after Hayashi's death on 28 June.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Preface by Lane Dunlop |title=Floating Clouds |last=Hayashi |first=Fumiko |translator-last=Dunlop |translator-first=Lane |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2006}}</ref>}} The film received numerous national awards upon its release and remains one of director Naruse's most acclaimed works.<ref name="bfi" /><ref name="mubi">{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/lists/kinema-junpo-critics-top-200 |title=Kinema Junpo critics top 200 |website=MUBI |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="sens">{{cite web|url=https://www.senscritique.com/liste/top_200_kinema_junpo_2009/725030= |title=Top 200 - Kinema Junpō (2009) |website=Sens critique |language=fr |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref>

{{nihongo|'''''Floating Clouds'''''|浮雲|Ukigumo|lead=yes}} is a 1955 Japanese [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Mikio Naruse]]<ref name="kinenote" /><ref name="jmdb" /> and based on the novel ''Ukigumo'' by [[Fumiko Hayashi (author)|Fumiko Hayashi]], published just before her death in 1951.{{efn|The serialisation of ''Ukigumo'' ended in August 1951, two months after Hayashi's death on 28 June.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Preface by Lane Dunlop |title=Floating Clouds |last=Hayashi |first=Fumiko |translator-last=Dunlop |translator-first=Lane |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2006}}</ref>}} The film received numerous national awards upon its release and remains one of Naruse's most acclaimed works.<ref name="bfi" /><ref name="mubi">{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/lists/kinema-junpo-critics-top-200 |title=Kinema Junpo critics top 200 |website=MUBI |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="sens">{{cite web|url=https://www.senscritique.com/liste/top_200_kinema_junpo_2009/725030= |title=Top 200 - Kinema Junpō (2009) |website=Sens critique |language=fr |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref>

==Plot==

==Plot==