Floating weeds

Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963 (Added Author). Sakamoto, Takeshi. (Added Author). Iida, Choko, 1897-1972 (Added Author). Mitsui, Hideo. (Added Author). Yagumo, Rieko. (Added Author). Tsubouchi, Yoshiko, 1915- (Added Author). Nakamura, Ganjirō, 1902-1983 (Added Author). Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019 (Added Author). Wakao, Ayako, 1933- (Added Author). Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968 (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha (Added Author). Pinewood Studios (Added Author). Janus Films (Added Author). 1st work: Takeshi Sakamoto, Choko Iida, Hideo Mitsui, Rieko Yagumo, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Tokkan-Kozo. 2nd work: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao. (Cast).

Summary: In 1959, Yasujiro Ozu remade his 1934 silent film: A Story of Floating Weeds in color and sound with the cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (Rashomon, Ugetsu). Setting his later version in a seaside location, Ozu otherwise preserves the details of his elegantly simple plot wherein 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9781604652628
ISBN: 1604652624
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Japan] : Janus Films, c2010.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	1st work: Photographed by Hideo Mohara ; optional new score by David Sosin. 2nd work: Photography by Kazuo Miyagwa ; editing, Toyo Suzuki ; music, Kojun Saito.
Participant or Performer Note:	1st work: Takeshi Sakamoto, Choko Iida, Hideo Mitsui, Rieko Yagumo, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Tokkan-Kozo. 2nd work: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao.
Target Audience Note:	14A.
System Details Note:	DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Language Note:	Audio tracks in Japanese with optional English subtitles.