Name: Floating Weeds
Genre: Drama
Released: 17 Nov 1959
Rating: 3.549
Cast: Ganjirō Nakamura II, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Haruko Sugimura

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When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934).

Release: Nov 17, 1959

Runtime: 115 minutes

Language: 日本語

Studio: Daiei Film

Country: Japan

Cast: Ganjirō Nakamura II, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Haruko Sugimura, Hitomi Nozoe

Crew: Kōgo Noda (Screenplay), Masaichi Nagata (Producer), Kazuo Miyagawa (Director of Photography), Yasujirō Ozu (Screenplay), Yasujirō Ozu (Director), Tomoo Shimogawara (Art Direction)

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Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds (1959)

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