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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

A Story of Floating Weeds poster
Original title
浮草物語
Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Empire of Japan
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A traveling actor returns to a small town where he reunites with his former lover and their son. The visit stirs old conflicts and secrets.

melancholicquietreflectiveslow-burnbittersweetintimatenostalgic

What happens

A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Ukigusa monogatari) is a 1934 silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu; he remade it—in sound and color—in 1959, shortening the title to Floating Weeds. The film won the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year in 1934. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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