A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
An aging, traveling actor who is the manager of a kabuki troupe returns to a remote village where he secretly meets his former lover and her 19 year old illegitimate son, to whom he is known as "uncle." The older man finds happiness in communicating with his son who turned to be a fine young man. His current mistress, filled with jealousy because of his attachment to his secret family, hires a young beautiful girl, the member of a troupe to seduce a boy.
Direction Yasujirō Ozu
Cast Takeshi Sakamoto · Choko Iida · Koji Mitsui · Rieko Yagumo · Tomio Aoki · Yoshiko Tsubouchi · Reiko Tani
Screenplay Yasujirō Ozu · Tadao Ikeda
Cinematography Hideo Shigehara
Original title Ukigusa monogatari
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358 votes (FilmAffinity)
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