A story of floating weeds = Ukigusa monogatari Ukigusa monogatari ; Floating weeds = Ukigusa / A story of floating weeds
浮草物語 = A story of floating weeds /
DVD - 2004
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.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Silent films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection
[2004]
- Language
- Japanese
English - Corporate Authors
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- Edition
- Full screen
- Item Description
- 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.
Features: Disc 1: new score by Donald Sosin, audio commentary by Donald Richie ; Disc 2: original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by Roger Ebert. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (86 min. ; 119 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono., Dolby digital 5.0.
- Production 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.
- ISBN
- 9780780027053
- 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.).