| Description |
2 videodiscs (86 min.; 119 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 232 |
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Classic collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 232.
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Includes the original 1934, black & white, silent film "A Story of Floating Weeds" and the 1959 color remake "Floating Weeds." |
| Cast |
1st work: Takeshi Sakamoto, Choko Iida, Hideo Mitsui, Rieko Yagumo, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Tokkan-Kozo. 2nd work: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao. |
| Credits |
1st work: Photographed by Hideo Mohara ; optional new score by David Sosin. 2nd work: Photography by Kazuo Miyagwa ; editing, Toyo Suzuki ; music, Kojun Saito. |
| Note |
Based on a story by Jēmusu Maki. |
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Features: Disc 1: new score by Donald Sosin, audio commentary by Donald Richie. Disc 2: original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by Roger Ebert. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
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.). |
| Language |
A story of floating weeds: silent film with Japanese intertitles, optional English subtitles and score. Floating weeds: Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Entertainers -- Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Silent films -- Japan.
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Foreign films.
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Foreign language films.
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| Added Author |
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963.
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Sakamoto, Takeshi, 1899-1974.
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Iida, Chōko, 1897-1972.
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Nakamura, Ganjirō, 1902-1983.
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Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019
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Wakao, Ayako, 1933-
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Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968.
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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Story of floating weeds |
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Floating weeds |
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Ukigusa.
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Floating weeds.
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| ISBN |
0780027051 |
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9780780027053 |
| Standard No. |
037429181928 |
| Music No. |
FLO060 Criterion Collection |
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