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January 1994 (USA) morePlot:
A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son. | add synopsisAwards:
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Story of Floating Weeds moreCast
(in credits order) | Takeshi Sakamoto | ... | Kihachi |
| Chouko Iida | ... | Otsune, Ka-yan |
| Koji Mitsui | ... | Shinkichi (as Hideo Mitsui) |
| Rieko Yagumo | ... | Otaka |
| Yoshiko Tsubouchi | ... | Otoki |
| Tomio Aoki | ... | Tomi-boh |
| Reiko Tani | ... | Tomibo's father |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Seiji Nishimura | ... | Kichi, an actor |
| Emiko Yagumo | ||
| Nagamasa Yamada | ... | Maako, an actor |
| Chishu Ryu | ... | Shouting audience member (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Yasujiro Ozu | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Tadao Ikeda | writer | |
| Yasujiro Ozu | novel (as James Maki) | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Hideo Shigehara | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Hideo Shigehara | |||
Music Department | |||
| Donald Sosin | .... | composer: new piano score | |
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- Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- New Yorker Films (1994) (USA)
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A Story of Floating WeedsUkigusa monogatari (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
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Story of Floating Weeds, The (1934)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
A traveling actor returns to a town where his his old flame lives, which causes complications with his current girlfriend and the son who doesn't know he's the father. This was my first film by Yasujiro Ozu and I'm really not sure the reputation this one has over the remake but this here really didn't work for me. The story never fully grabbed my attention and I must say that some of the dialogue was pretty lame, although I've heard some Japanese words don't translate very well to English so perhaps this had something to do with it. The visual style of the film is really the only thing that kept me awake. The stark photography and lush blacks really look terrific and the simple direction also works well.