A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

Movie Details

Original Title 浮草物語

Original Language JA

Status Released

Popularity 0.9

Cast

Takeshi Sakamoto

Kihachi

Popularity: 0.8

Chōko Iida

Otsune

Popularity: 0.8

Kōji Mitsui

Shinkichi

Popularity: 0.9

Emiko Yagumo

Otaka

Popularity: 0.3

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Otoki

Popularity: 0.8

Tomio Aoki

Tomio

Popularity: 0.6

Reikō Tani

Tomio's Father

Popularity: 0.3

Chishū Ryū

Audience Member

Popularity: 1.5

Seiji Nishimura

Kichi

Popularity: 0.5

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Nagamasa Yamada

Mā kō

Popularity: 0.2

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Kiyoshi Aono

Sword trainer

Popularity: 0.1

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Mitsuru Wakamiya

Station attendant

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Director Yasujirō Ozu

Writer Tadao Ikeda

Editor Hideo Shigehara

Production

Shochiku

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STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Ukikusa monogatari), 1934

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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

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Oct 22, 2023

When a troupe of entertainers arrive in a small town after a four-year absence, "Kihachi" (Takeshi Sakamoto) is hoping to reunite with his now adult son "Shinkichi" (Kôji Mitsui). Snag? Well his mother - and the erstwhile mistress of our circus master - "Otsune" (Chôko Iida) has brought the lad up ... Read more