Floating Weeds (1959)
- Original title
- 浮草
- Directed by
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 201 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of kabuki actors arrive in a small seaside town for a run of shows. The troupe's aging lead actor has a secret adult son with his former mistress who still lives there.
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What happens
Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed and co-written by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II, Machiko Kyō, Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Haruko Sugimura. It is a remake of Ozu's own black-and-white silent film A Story of Floating Weeds (1934), and follows a troupe of kabuki actors in a small seaside town, where the troupe's aging lead actor has an adult son with his former mistress. Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, the film was released in Japan on November 17, 1959. Since its initial release, Floating Weeds has been widely acclaimed by both critics and filmmakers, and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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