A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
23/11/1934
Drama
1h 26m
- 71% (61 votes)
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Overview
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
- Yasujirō OzuDirector
- Tadao IkedaWriter
Original Title
浮草物語
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- revenge
- family abandonment
- mistress
- train
- unknown father
- silent film
- aging actor
- paternity revealed
- male bonding
- financial ruin
- illegitimate son
- theater troupe
- japanese man
- kabuki
- starting over
- father son conflict
- remade
- actor
- woman scorned
- absent father
- revenge for cheating
Top Billed Cast
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kihachi
Chōko Iida
Otsune
Kōji Mitsui
Shinkichi
Emiko Yagumo
Otaka
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Otoki
Tomio Aoki
Tomio
Reikō Tani
Tomio's Father
Chishū Ryū
Audience Member
Seiji Nishimura
Kichi
Nagamasa Yamada
Mā kō
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