Floating Weeds (1959)
Floating Weeds (1959)
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Plot.
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934).
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Cast & Crew.

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

Haruo Tanaka
Yatazo

Yosuke Irie
Sugiyama

Hikaru Hoshi
Kimura

Mantarō Ushio
Sentaro

Kumeko Urabe
Shige

Toyo Takahashi
Aiko's Mother

Mutsuko Sakura
O-Katsu

Natsuko Kahara
Yae

Michisumi Sugawara
Kyaku

Tatsuo Hanabu
Rokusaburo

Tadashi Date
Sensho

Tsutomu Nakata
Kamenosuke

Hachirô Misumi
Sailor

Taro Marui
Shokichi

Saburo Sakai
Guest's Father

Koh Sugita
Wharf Worker

Masatoki Sasaki
Ume Family Father

Osamu Maruyama
Tokezo

Kenichi Miyajima
Aiko's Father

Yoshiaki Fujimura
Nagataro

Masahiko Shimazu
Masao

Tsûsai Sugawara
Sushi Restaurant Customer

Yasujirō Ozu
Screenplay / Director

Masaichi Nagata
Producer

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography

Kōgo Noda
Screenplay

Tadao Ikeda
Screenplay

Takanobu Saitō
Original Music Composer

Toyo Suzuki
Editor

Tomoo Shimogawara
Art Direction

Hideo Matsuyama
Production Design

Takao Matsumoto
Production Manager

Bainari Nakamura
Assistant Director

Tokujirô Harashima
Property Master

Takeo Suda
Sound Designer

Iwao Iwami
Set Designer

Takashi Makino
Makeup Artist

Kisao Tobita
Media.









Details.
Release DateNovember 17, 1959
Original Name浮草
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
love
remake
family abandonment
mistress
unknown father
aging actor
paternity revealed
post war japan
illegitimate son
theater troupe
father son conflict
actors
woman scorned
absent father
revenge for cheating
Wiki.
Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. Considered one of the greatest films ever made, it is a remake of Ozu's own black-and-white silent film A Story of Floating Weeds (1934).
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