![Poster of the movie Ukigumo [1955]](/images/posters/1000x1500/11/ukigumo-1955-orig-poster.jpg)
1955 Romantic drama
2h 3min
Yukiko (Takamine) embarks on a passionate affair with the married Kengo (Mori Masayuki) during World War II in Southeast Asia. As she returns from French Indochina to the bombed-out ruins of postwar Japan, she clings to hopes of resuming their obsessive romance amid widespread deprivation, drifting between haunting memories and harsh reality. Their reunion spirals into mutual hurt and anger, building toward an exquisitely devastating climax.
| Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
| Written by | Fumiko Hayashi, Yôko Mizuki |
| Company | Corinth FilmsCorinth FilmsCorinth Films |
| Original lang. | Japanese |
| Country | Japan |