Directed by:
Yasujirô OzuCinematography:
Kazuo MiyagawaComposer:
Takanobu SaitôCast:
中村鴈治郎, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Haruko Sugimura, Chishû Ryû, Hitomi Nozoe, Haruo Tanaka, Kōji Mitsui, Hikaru Hoshi, Mantarô Ushio, 浦辺粂子 (more)Plots(1)
When a travelling theatre troupe brings their show to a seaside port, Komajuro (Ganjiro Nakamura), an ageing actor, is reunited with his former lover, sake bar owner Oyoshi (Haruko Sugimura), and his illegitimate son Kiyoshi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), to the distress of his current mistress Sumiko (Machiko Kyo). From this simple scenario, Ozu builds, one exquisite image at a time, a saga of profound humanity and rich understanding. Encompassing a novelistic range of emotions and tones with the utmost delicacy, Floating Weeds stands tall even amidst a body of work as extraordinary as Ozu's. (Eureka Entertainment)
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中村鴈治郎
Japan
Best movies:
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
The End of Summer (1961)
Kwaidan (1964)
Machiko Kyō
Japan
Best movies:
Rashomon (1950)
Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
The Face of Another (1966)
Ayako Wakao
Japan
Best movies:
Red Angel (1966)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
A Cheerful Girl (1957)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Kisses (1957)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Haruko Sugimura
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Early Summer (1951)
Red Beard (1965)
Chishû Ryû
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Human Bullet, The (1968)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Hitomi Nozoe
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Kisses (1957)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Haruo Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Living (1952)
Early Spring (1956)
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island (1956)
Kōji Mitsui
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
High and Low (1963)
Hikaru Hoshi
Japan
Best movies:
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Mantarô Ushio
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
浦辺粂子
Japan
Best movies:
Living (1952)
Early Spring (1956)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Toyo Takahashi
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Late Autumn (1960)
Mutsuko Sakura
Japan
Best movies:
Equinox Flower (1958)
Late Autumn (1960)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Natsuko Kahara
Japan
Best movies:
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Tenchu! (1969)
花布辰男
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
Hachiro Misumi
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
みなみたかのぶお
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Ken'ichi Miyajima
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Street of Shame (1956)
Osamu Maruyama
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Street of Shame (1956)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)