Nov 17, 1959
115 min
Full-HD

Floating Weeds (1959)

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).

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Daiei Film

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Komajuro Arashi

Machiko Kyō

Sumiko

Ayako Wakao

Kayo

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Kiyoshi

Haruko Sugimura

Oyoshi

Hitomi Nozoe

Aiko

Chishū Ryū

Theatre Owner

Kōji Mitsui

Kichinosuke

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