Floating Clouds by Naruse

[kiseko minaguchi]

Needless to add, I'm afraid, but Naruse's talent exhibited in Floating
Clouds made Ozu moan and realize he could hardly beat Naruse. I agree with
you all that it's a beautiful Japanese film and one of the top ten I could
boast. I am only curious how mostly male get drawn to  such a postwar ennui
between man and woman. I mean how could those of viewers who abide by
realistic and practical premise of the Western culture accept such fertile
innuendo depicted in the film?
Minaguchi
----- Original Message -----
送信者 : "Peter Grilli" <grilli at us-japan.org>
宛先 : <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
CC : <grilli at us-japan.org>
送信日時 : 2001年10月24日 0:05
件名 : RE: Floating Clouds by Naruse


> It's a wonderful film -- for my money, one of Naruse's very best!
> With superb performances by Takamine Hideko and Mori Masayuki.
> It fully deserves to be in regular -- and constant -- international
> distribution.
>
> Peter Grilli
> Japan Society of Boston
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grilli at us-japan.org [mailto:grilli at us-japan.org]On Behalf Of
> Richard Stevens
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:47 AM
> To: grilli at attglobal.net
> Subject: Floating Clouds by Naruse
>
>
>  has anybody seen it on this news group.  It intrigues me as I have never
> seen it, but have heard great things about it?
>
> I hope it will be available on DVD soon!
>
> In the last sight and sound Poll in 1992, it got over ten mentions, which
> put in the top 100 films of all time in the world's most important film
poll
> ...
>
> Richard
>
>