1 Movie Starring Rieko Yagumo

A Story of Floating Weeds

A Story of Floating Weeds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-01-01

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(1929 Reviews)

Director:

Yasujirè Ozu

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tadao Ikeda

Yasujirè Ozu (story)

Fullplot:

A troupe of actors comes to town, short on funds and bedeviled by bad weather, so they can't put on shows. Kihachi is the troupe's leader. He steals off every day to visit Otsune (an ex-lover) and their son, Shinkichi, who believes his father is a long-dead civil servant. Kihachi has been paying Shinkichi's tuition, and he's now at university. Kihachi's lover, Otaka, the troupe's lead actress, learns Kihachi's secret and plots to ruin Shinkichi and humiliate Kihachi: she offers money to Otoki, the troupe's ingènue, to seduce Shinkichi. Soon the boy is head over heels, and Otoki finds herself with feelings for him. Can this end well or is tragedy at hand?

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