Floating Clouds Blu-Ray

Director: Mikio Naruse

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

Floating Clouds is a classic of Japanese cinema and was described as a "masterpiece" by Yasujiro Ozu. The film is a melancholic meditation on the hopeless side of love. Through Yukiko and Tomioka's stormy relationship, Mikio Naruse's most acclaimed film quietly captures the birth of a country in economic ruin after the war.

Extras

Newly restored and presented in High Definition

Newly recorded audio commentary by author and film critic Adrian Martin

Mikio Naruse: Auteur as Salaryman (2016, 73 min, audio only): academic Catherine Russell, an expert on Naruse's films, evaluates the director's career. Recorded at BFI Southbank

Interview with Freda Freiberg, expert on Japanese cinema (2007, 10 min)

Paul Willemen on Floating Clouds (2007, 7 min)

Commentary on a scene (2007, 10 min): Freda Freiberg comments on a key scene from the film

**FIRST PRINTING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with a new text about the film by Catherine Russell, a previously published essay by Adrian Martin, and end credits

Review

"A masterpiece about obsessive love" --LA Times