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).
| Title | Floating Weeds |
|---|---|
| Year | 1959 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | Daiei Film |
| Cast | Ganjirō Nakamura II, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Haruko Sugimura, Hitomi Nozoe |
| Crew | Yasujirō Ozu (Screenplay), Masaichi Nagata (Producer), Yasujirō Ozu (Director), Kōgo Noda (Screenplay), Kazuo Miyagawa (Director of Photography), Tadao Ikeda (Screenplay) |
| Keyword | love, remake, family abandonment, mistress, unknown father, aging actor, paternity revealed, post war japan, illegitimate son, theater troupe, father son conflict, actor, woman scorned, absent father, revenge for cheating |
| Release | Nov 17, 1959 |
| Runtime | 115 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.46 / 10 by 183 users |
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