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A Story of Floating Weeds
(Ukigusa Monogatari)
by Yasujiro OZU
- Japan
- 1934
- Fiction
- Noir & Blanc
- 86′
- 35 mm
A theatre company run by Hikachi arrives in a small town. Otaka, Hikachi’s current mistress, finds out that he once had a son with one of the town’s women. Hikachi pays a visit to the young man who thought his father was dead.
Ozu directed a talking remake in colour of this film himself in 1959, Floating Weeds.
- Titre français
Histoire d’herbes flottantes - Original title
Ukigusa Monogatari - Titre international
A Story of Floating Weeds - Scénario
Tadao IKEDA d'après "The Barker", film de George Fitzgerald - Photo
Hideo SHIGEHARA - Montage
Kazuo ISHIKAWA - Musique
Donald SOSIN - Interprétation
Takeshi SAKAMOTO, Choko IIDA, Hideo MITSUI, Rieko YAKUMO - Production
Shochiku - Support de projection
35 mm
