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A story of floating weeds = Ukigusa monogatari
Title
A story of floating weeds = Ukigusa monogatari / a Shochiku film ; screenplay by Tadao Ikeda ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Floating weeds = Ukigusa / produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Yasujiro Ozu, Kogo Noda ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu ; Daiei Co.
ISBN
9798886071368
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Criterion, [2024]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (205 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Includes the original 1934, black & white, silent film "A Story of Floating Weeds" and the 1959 color remake "Floating Weeds."
Based on a story by Jēmusu Maki.
Credits from English subtitles.
1st work: Photographed by Hideo Mohara ; optional new score by David Sosin. 2nd work: Photography by Kazuo Miyagawa ; editing, Toyo Suzuki ; music, Kojun Saito.
A story of floating weeds: silent film with Japanese intertitles, optional English subtitles. Floating weeds: Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
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 reunities with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all. A Story of Floating Weeds reveals Ozu in the midst of developing his mode of expression; Floating weeds reveals his distinct style at its pinnacle. In each, the director captures the joy and sadness in everyday life.
Variant and related titles
Ukigusa monogatari
Ukigusa
Ukikusa monogatari (Motion picture)
Ukigusa (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2024
Series
The Criterion collection ; 232
Credits
1st work: Photographed by Hideo Mohara ; optional new score by David Sosin. 2nd work: Photography by Kazuo Miyagawa ; editing, Toyo Suzuki ; music, Kojun Saito.
Cast
1st work: Takeshi Sakamoto, Choko Iida, Hideo Mitsui, Rieko Yagumo, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Tokkan-Kozo. 2nd work: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao.
System details note
Blu-ray; full screen (1.33:1); mono, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.
Contents
Story of floating weeds / Janus Films ; a Shochiku film ; screenplay by Tadao Ikeda ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu. (86 min.)
Floating weeds / Janus Films ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Yasujiro Ozu, Kogo Noda ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu. (119 min.).
Videorecording number
CC3551BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Silent films.
Films muets.
Also listed under
小津安二郎, 1903-1963, screenwriter, film director.
中村鴈治郎, 1902-1983,
京マチ子, 1924-2019,
野田高梧, 1893-1968.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
松竹キネマ株式会社.
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
大映株式会社.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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