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A Story of Floating Weeds

1934 · 86 min

A quiet, bittersweet silent drama that lingers on family wounds and small moments of tenderness.

Overview
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
Written by
Tadao Ikeda
Starring
Takeshi Sakamoto, Chōko Iida, Kōji Mitsui, Emiko Yagumo, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Tomio Aoki, Reikō Tani, Seiji Nishimura
Cinematography
Hideo Shigehara
Runtime
86 min
Country
Japan
Languages
No Language

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