A story of floating weeds 1994 season 1959

Floating weeds, ukikusa is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. There arent necessarily wrong answers, but when we talk about good cinematography, i dont think were always talking about good. Floating weeds is available to stream on the criterion channel and kanopy. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Floating weeds 1959 ukikusa original title not rated 1h 59min drama 24 november 1970 usa 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. The story ties together the fortunes of a traveling troupe of kabuki actors with, in the forefront, a crucial point in the relationships of komajuro, their leader. 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 scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all. The story is average and the cinematography isnt as cathartic as most would delude. Richard brody on yasujiro ozus floating weeds 1959. It is a remake of ozus own blackandwhite silent film a story of floating weeds 1934.

In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon. A story of floating weeds 1934 the criterion collection. What do you think of when you think of cinematography. There are few scenes where the characters vent their. To take advantage of modern filmmaking technology such as sound and color cinematography, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent film a story of floating weeds in 1959 and called it floating weeds. Floating weeds was originally made as the story of floating weeds in 1934, in a blackandwhite, silent version. The 1959 remake is a virtual shotforshot retelling of. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds. Floating weeds is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. 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. In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon, ugetsu. This 1959 ozu production centers on the likable but fallible leader of an itinerant acting troupe. Floating weeds 1959 watch on the criterion channel, kanopy.