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Floating Weeds
Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
Not Rated
1959
1h 58m
Drama
7.9
96%
91%
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The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.
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Cast of Floating Weeds
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
Haruo Tanaka
Yatazo
Yosuke Irie
Sugiyama
Hikaru Hoshi
Kimura
Mantarō Ushio
Sentaro
Kumeko Urabe
Shige
Toyo Takahashi
Aiko's Mother
Mutsuko Sakura
O-Katsu
Natsuko Kahara
Yae
Michisumi Sugawara
Kyaku
Tatsuo Hanabu
Rokusaburo
Tadashi Date
Sensho
Tsutomu Nakata
Kamenosuke
Hachirô Misumi
Sailor
Taro Marui
Shokichi
Saburo Sakai
Guest's Father
Koh Sugita
Wharf Worker
Masatoki Sasaki
Ume Family Father
Kisao Tobita
Osamu Maruyama
Tokezo
Kenichi Miyajima
Aiko's Father
Yoshiaki Fujimura
Nagataro
Masahiko Shimazu
Masao
Tsûsai Sugawara
Sushi Restaurant Customer
Yasujirō Ozu
Director / Writer
Kōgo Noda
Writer
Tadao Ikeda
Writer
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Floating Weeds Ratings & Reviews
Tyler S
January 19, 2025
👍👍 8.5/10
FandomWire
Joshua Ryan
... the reimagining takes what made its predecessor so effective and builds upon it. The relationships are explored more deeply, and the cinematography by esteemed cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (in his only collaboration with Ozu) is breathtaking.
Battleship Pretension
Scott Nye
In his commentary track for Floating Weeds, Roger Ebert notes that Ozu's films leave him feeling at peace, comparing unfavorably the raised heartbeat and constant excitement he gets reviewing Hollywood films.
TheIndependentCritic.com
Richard Propes
I know very few lovers of cinema who don't embrace Ozu.
Alternate Ending
Tim Brayton
An exemplar of a career and an aesthetic universe that's extraordinary even in much weaker films than this one.
LarsenOnFilm
Josh Larsen
...there isn't a detail in Floating Weeds that isn't meant to be carefully seen.
TV Guide
A variation on the theme of the family that pervades nearly all Ozu's pictures.
Cinemania
Dan Jardine
As with much of Ozu's ouevre, verges on the melodramatic, but shows just enough restraint to prevent descent into such syrupy realms
New York Times
Roger Greenspun
Ozu is, however, very special in his technique, which by the end of his career, had become very modest, lucid and lovely.
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
Like all of Ozu's work, it's incredibly human, and that can be a rarity in the artificial world of the cinema.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Provides endless pleasure.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
All Ozu's films are great.
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
His scenes pack far more emotional punch than any of Jerry Bruckheimer's explosive special effects.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Sooner or later, everyone who loves movies comes to Ozu. He is the quietest and gentlest of directors, the most humanistic, the most serene. But the emotions that flow through his films are strong and deep.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
His spare, slow-moving films are not for all tastes, but once the rhythms are accepted, Ozu's work offers a unique emotional experience.
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