Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds (1959)

17/11/1959
Drama
1h 55m

Overview

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

  • Yasujirō OzuDirector, Screenplay
  • Kōgo NodaScreenplay
  • Tadao IkedaScreenplay
  • Original Title

    浮草

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • 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

Top Billed Cast

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Komajuro Arashi

Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Sumiko

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Kayo

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Kiyoshi

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Oyoshi

Hitomi Nozoe

Hitomi Nozoe

Aiko

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Theatre Owner

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Kichinosuke

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Yatazo

Yosuke Irie

Sugiyama

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