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8.0/10   778 votes
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Director:
Yasujiro Ozu
Writers:
Tadao Ikeda (writer)
Yasujiro Ozu (novel)
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Release Date:
January 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Story of Floating Weeds more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Story of Floating Weeds
Ukigusa monogatari (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
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Runtime:
86 min (24 fps) | Japan:118 min
Country:
Japan
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

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Movie Connections:
Remade as Ukigusa (1959) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Story of Floating Weeds, 12 March 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

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.

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