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Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

★ 7,5 /10 (208 Votes)
1959 JA 115 min

Overview

A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

Stream

Rent

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Release date

17/11/1959

Votes

208

Popularity

2.3

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

浮草

Language

JA

Runtime

115 min

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tmdb37548952

2025-08-20

⭐ 7

Ozu dark mode. Color surprisingly got him painting characters with a different pallete and they all shady except the mom. Suppose it reflects a different era but quite entertaining

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badelf

2026-08-23

⭐ 8

**Summary: 8/10: a meta-theatrical morality tale about lies and consequence, elevated by Kazuo Miyagawa's stunning cinematography that frames life itself as theater, blurring the line between performance and authenticity with visual precision that remains impressive nearly seven decades later.** When a great lie comes home to roost, the owner of that lie may not be prepared for all the consequences. That's the moral engine driving Yasujiro Ozu's *Floating Weeds*, a 1959 color remake of his own 1934 silent film, and it carries the weight of classical Japanese morality from that era: duty…

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