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Mood:
- TouchingEmotionalSentimentalSincereUplifting
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Plot:
- Actor's LifeLove TriangleParents and ChildrenRoad Not TakenMind and SoulAgingPsychologicalFamily Life more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- 50s
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Place:
- AsiaJapanVillage
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Remake
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Floating Weeds, 1959
Japanese
Japan
Profile of Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds can be described as touching, uplifting, and emotional. The plot revolves around a road not taken, the life of an actor, and a love triangle. The main genres are drama and foreign. In approach, Floating Weeds is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in a village. Floating Weeds is located in Japan. It takes place in the 1950s. It is a remake. Floating Weeds has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Floating Weeds
In this sly and subtle Japanese morality tale, Yasujiro Ozu observes a stray Kabuki troupe as they follow their leader to a small coastal village. The troupe puts on a shambling performance and questions their vocation. Meanwhile, the troupe leader visits an old mistress and their illegitimate son who believes the man to be his uncle. Allegiances and alliances are thrown into doubt as the troupe leader's past and current lovers clash, as do various generations when the jealous current mistress promotes a romance between a young actress and the leader's young son.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 24 November 1970 |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
Cast and Crew
as Sumiko
as Komajuro Arashi
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