What are the key story phases in Floating Clouds?

The story of Floating Clouds progresses through these phases: Exile and Return, Broken Promises, False Liberation, Fading on Yakushima.

How does Floating Clouds end?

In the final act ("Fading on Yakushima"): The harsh climate accelerates Yukiko's physical decline. She succumbs to illness, leaving Kengo alone in the humid isolation.

Floating Clouds (1955) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Floating Clouds
Genre: drama, romance
Released: 1955
Rating: 7.7

Plot Analysis Summary

A woman's tragic pursuit of love and survival in post-war Japan.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Exile and Return

Broken Promises

False Liberation

Fading on Yakushima

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.

Directed by

Mikio Naruse

Key Cast

Hideko Takamine — Yukiko Koda
Masayuki Mori — Kengo Tomioka
Mariko Okada — Sei Mukai
Isao Yamagata — Sugio Iba
Chieko Nakakita — Kuniko Tomioka

Rating: 7.7/10 (107 votes)