In floating weeds 1959, ozu revisits his celebrated classic in sound and color, moving the location to a seaside town and giving the story a somewhat lighter tone. The first time i sat down to watch ozu yasujiros 1959 floating weeds this would have been in 2005, i couldnt get past the second shot not including the opening credits, white and red text against a yellowing burlap background. Rent yasujiro ozu movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. A new doublefeature dvd set showcases one such instance, by pairing the 1934 silent a story of floating weeds with its 1959 remake, floating weeds. Dec 08, 2010 but 1932 and story of floating weeds 1934. A story of floating weeds ozu, 1934 a traveling kabuki troupe on the verge of packing it in passes through a town where the troupes leader had a love affair many years before. Floating weeds boasts the visual beauty and deep tenderness of director yasujiro ozus most memorable films and its one of the few the master shot. Stories of floating weeds by yasujiro ozu koji mitsui. Floating weeds ukigusa guide, download movies, tv shows, free. Less than a dozen of his films are available in the west on video and only floating weeds is also on laserdisc.
Rent a story of floating weeds 1934 starring tomio aoki and choko iida on dvd and bluray. A master of small details, dont miss outon the evolution of the lyrical auteur who was considered the most japanese of all filmmakers. Google has this listed as one of the ten greatest films, so i bought it. A thirdrate kabuki acting troupe arrives via ferry at a seaside town in japan. Floating weeds 1959 japanese 1080p bluray h264 aac vxt 2. Floating weeds is widely acclaimed by film critics. In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon. This is the podcast dedicated to the criterion collection. A story of floating weeds 1934 full movie download full hd. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds. A story of floating weeds 1934 the criterion collection. Takeshi sakamoto choko iida koji mitsui 1934 an actors mistress schemes to bring down her lovers son. Episode 40 yasujiro ozus a story of floating weeds.
Ozu occasionally repeated himself in the stricter sense, as well. Floating weeds, ukikusa is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. Floating weeds was released on region 1 dvd by the criterion collection on april 20, 2004, as a twodisc set with a story of floating weeds. Watch floating weeds add to watchlist 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. Oct 08, 2015 a story of floating weeds opens with a traveling kabuki troupe, led by kihachi ichikawa takeshi sakamoto, arriving in a town that they havent visited in four years. Floating weeds is the story of a troupe of traveling kabuki players who straggle into a coastal village. This is a great story from one of the best directors of all time and while many people might prefer ozus tokyo monogatari, floating weeds is my personal favorite. Although his 1953 film, tokyo story, is generally considered his greatest film and one of the great films of all time, floating weeds is another of ozus brilliant, rhapsodic, and emotionally powerful statements of fallible people trying to understand the choices they make in this world and how those choices ripple across the waters of family and. As they go about drumming up an audience, one of them, komajuro ganjiro nakamura goes off on his own. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds 1934. The cinematographer miyagawa kazuo went to great pains. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds floating weeds the criterion collection. A story of floating weeds 1934 full movie download full.
In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon, ugetsu. The film starts with a travelling kabuki troupe arriving by train at a provincial seaside town. Watch a story of floating weeds online 1934 movie yidio. Ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao, hiroshi kawaguchi, hitomi nozoe, chishu ryu, koji mitsui, haruo tanaka, yosuke irie, hikaru hoshi, mantaro ushio, hideo shigehara, kazuo miyagawa, yasujiro ozu, hideo shigehara, masaichi nagata, kogo noda, tadao. With ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao. A kabuki actors mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lovers son. In 1959, ozu made 2 color films, ohayo 1959 and floating weeds 1959 that were essentially remakes of his earlier films, namely i was bornbut 1932 and story of floating weeds 1934. Telling the same story from opposite ends of ozus career, the two movies illustrate how he refined his style through the years.
Floating weeds yify subtitles download, yts subtitles floating weeds in any format. Many years before, he had fathered a son with a woman who now runs a restaurant in the small town. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Year 1934 a story of floating weeds streaming to android. Roger ebert gave the film four stars out of four, and included it on his ten greatest.
It is an interesting drama, one of whose themes is forgiveness. Download torrent a story of floating weeds fast and easy. 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. Setting this later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise. Floating weeds subtitles srt file is movie with the following synopsis 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. Watch a story of floating weeds full movie in hd visit an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and re.
Where the 34 version features an argument involving a volley of. While the ohayo felt more like an update of the earlier film with significant changes in plot and context, floating weeds remained more faithful to its earlier counterpart, though character were renamed. This remake of story of floating weeds, a movie ozu made in the 30s, is unusual for being one of the masters few films in colour, and in having a relatively dramatic plot that even allows for. A story of floating weeds was released on region 1 dvd on the criterion collection on april 20, 2004 as a twodisc set with floating weeds. 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. A story of floating weeds floating weeds criterion.
Shortly thereafter, kihachi goes to visit a local restaurant owner named otsune choko iida, with whom he has a son, shinkichi koji mitsui, credited as hideo mitsui. The other dvd is floating weeds color, sound, a literal remake of the movie, which i watched second. The above rating is for a story of floating weeds 1934, not for the remake, floating weeds. It is a remake of ozus own blackandwhite silent film a story of floating weeds 1934. A coproduction fondazione cinema per roma and maxxi. Download torrent a story of floating weeds fast and. A story of floating weeds is available to watch free on kanopy and stream, download on demand at online. The troupe is not doing very well, being reduced to playing dinky villages, and its future is in question. The reunion between the actor and his former lover and their illegitimate teenaged son who believes his father to be an uncle raises the ire of the. Yasujiro ozus 1934 silent classic tells the story of an aging actor takeshi sakamoto who returns to a small town.
Premiering in a glorious new 4k digital restoration, floating weeds is, in scholar donald richies estimation, the most pictorially beautiful of all of ozus pictures. Media in category a story of floating weeds the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. An alternate audio track contains a commentary by japanese film historian donald richie. Floating weeds is a 1959 film directed by yasujiro ozu. With takeshi sakamoto, choko iida, koji mitsui, emiko yagumo.
But films such as tokyo story, late spring, early spring, early autumn and an autumn afternoon are available, and to look at any ozu film is to glimpse the whole. Overview of a story of floating weeds, 1934, directed by yasujiro ozu, with koji mitsui, choko iida, takeshi sakamoto, at turner classic movies. Instead, this film became an experiment in how to give life an old fashioned story in a modern setting. Yasujiro ozus 1959 film floating weeds, which i discuss in this clip, is a drama. The above rating is for a story of floating weeds1934, not for the remake, floating weeds. While the ohayo felt more like an update of the earlier film with significant changes in plot and context, floating weeds remained more faithful to its earlier counterpart, though character were. Rent a story of floating weeds 1934 on dvd and bluray.
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