A Story of Floating Weeds is a 1934 film directed by Yasujiro Ozu which he later remade as Floating Weeds in 1959. Yasujiro Ozu (å°æ´¥ 安二郎 Ozu YasujirÅ) (December 12, 1903 - December 12, 1963) was an influential Japanese film director. ... A 1959 film directed by Yasujiro Ozu and shot (in colour) by Kazuo Miyagawa, one of Japans greatest cinematographers. ...
A Story of FloatingWeeds and FloatingWeeds (or Ukigusa Monogatari, 1934, and Ukigusa, 1959) are two films by Yasujiro Ozu which follow the personal life of the leader of a traveling group of actors.
Floatingweeds refer to duckweed, a plant that can quickly cover the top of still water and in running water it drifts aimlessly.
FloatingWeeds came out in 1959, and other than being set in the late 50s in a seaside town, it remains true to the original film's plot.
A seriocomic reflection on the itinerant life of a aged traveling actor, Yasujiro Ozu's A Story of FloatingWeeds (1934) was one of the filmmaker's final silent works, and it remains a fine example of the narrative inventiveness that would be less apparent in his later, more expansive and leisurely paced films.
A Story of FloatingWeeds is a particular marvel, speeding along visually at what constitutes a breakneck pace for Ozu, who eschews any semblance of establishing shots, lending the film a narrative fluency well ahead of its time.
FloatingWeeds was Ozu's first film at Daiei Studios, and, along with the fleeter pace, it stands in marked contrast to his work of that period thanks to its vibrant color, which is provided by the brilliant cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa, who shot a number of pictures for Akira Kurosawa and Kon Ichikawa.
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