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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

Nov 23, 1934 Drama 1h 26m
User Score
71%
61 votes
Internet Movie Database
76%
Rotten Tomatoes
100%

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 Ozu
Story
Tadao Ikeda
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto

Kihachi
Chōko Iida
Chōko Iida

Otsune
Kōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui

Shinkichi
Emiko Yagumo
Emiko Yagumo

Otaka
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Otoki
Tomio Aoki
Tomio Aoki

Tomio
Reikō Tani
Reikō Tani

Tomio's Father
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū

Audience Member
Seiji Nishimura
Seiji Nishimura

Kichi

Full Cast & Crew

Media

STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Ukikusa monogatari), 1934
STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Ukikusa monogatari), 1934
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Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on October 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 believing that his father was a successful civil servant, as that he is dead! Now to be fair to "Kihachi", though he did not hang around and be a traditional father - his lifestyle could not have supported that - he has provided for his son by funding his schooling which has seen the young man recently graduate and so looking at a promising, professional, future. Though hardly ideal, things with this family are settled. Until, that is, "Otaka" (Emiko Yagumo) finds out their secret. She is the c...

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