Drama
Floating Weeds
User Score199 votes
75%7.5/10
Release1959→
Runtime1H 55M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
Principal Cast8
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Komajuro Arashi
Machiko Kyō
Sumiko
Ayako Wakao
Kayo
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Kiyoshi
Haruko Sugimura
Oyoshi
Hitomi Nozoe
Aiko
Chishū Ryū
Theatre Owner
Kōji Mitsui
Kichinosuke
Media33
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Director
Yasujirō Ozu
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Keywords
loveremakefamily abandonmentmistressunknown fatheraging actorpaternity revealedpost war japanillegitimate sontheater troupefather son conflictactorwoman scornedabsent fatherrevenge for cheating
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tmdb375489527/10
Ozu dark mode. Color surprisingly got him painting characters with a different pallete and they all shady except the mom. Suppose it reflects a different era but quite entertaining
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Countries:Japan
Production:Daiei Film