It also shares the directors amazingly serene yet appealing visual style, created through the use of the simplest means possible. Floating weeds 1959 watch on the criterion channel, kanopy. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. His most lauded films include late spring 1949, tokyo story 1953. Upload gets season 2, babysitters club teaser and more. Conrad and nancy take their product to be tested in the market. In season 2, nancy learns that peter is a dea agent, conrad and the crew rent a grow house, and andy enrolls in rabbinical school.
And sometimes this identity is made explicitin the lives of traveling actors, for example. With ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao. And the acting of some actor i think its a bit weird, i dont know what the acting measurements of the past were like. Dec 08, 2010 in 1959, ozu made 2 color films, ohayo 1959 and floating weeds 1959 that were essentially remakes of his earlier films, namely i was born but 1932 and story of floating weeds 1934. A story of floating weeds opens with a traveling kabuki troupe, led by kihachi ichikawa takeshi sakamoto, arriving in a town that they havent visited in four years. Floating weeds is available to stream on the criterion channel and kanopy. If the floating weeds you are trying to get rid of have roots attached to the bottom such as water lilies or watershield, then they are actually emergent weeds. All 40 songs featured in weeds season 1 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. Yasujiro ozus 1959 film floating weeds, which i discuss in this clip, is a drama. Floating weeds is the story of a troupe of traveling kabuki players who straggle into a coastal village. Floating weeds, ukikusa is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds floating weeds the criterion collection. Ozu transforms his own blackandwhite silent, 1934s a story of floating weeds, into an elegiac. A new doublefeature dvd set showcases one such instance, by pairing the 1934 silent a story of floating weeds with its 1959 remake, floating weeds.
The reunion between the actor and his former lover and their illegitimate teenaged son who believes his father to be an uncle raises the ire of the. A story of floating weeds 1934 the criterion collection. Stories of floating weeds by yasujiro ozu koji mitsui. Telling the same story from opposite ends of ozus career, the two movies illustrate how he refined his style through the years. Mar 07, 2019 season 2 of the acclaimed showtime series weeds endeavors for funnier, darker, and even more daring story lines. Floating weeds boasts the visual beauty and deep tenderness of director yasujiro ozus most memorable films and its one of the few the master shot. In 1959, ozu made 2 color films, ohayo 1959 and floating weeds 1959 that were essentially remakes of his earlier films, namely i was born but 1932 and story of floating weeds 1934. A story of floating weeds ukikusa monogatari 1934 rotten. Yasujiro ozu a story of floating weeds khachaturian. The above rating is for a story of floating weeds1934, not for the remake, floating weeds. Less than a dozen of his films are available in the west on video and only floating weeds is also on laserdisc. A kabuki actors mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lovers son. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds 1934.
The above rating is for a story of floating weeds 1934, not for the remake, floating weeds. Season 2 of the acclaimed showtime series weeds endeavors for funnier, darker, and even more daring story lines. After the war, ozu reverts to the shoshimingeki for two works, record of a tenement. Unemployed kihachi and his two sons struggle to make ends meet. Google has this listed as one of the ten greatest films, so i bought it. Yasujiro ozu was a japanese film director and screenwriter. Floating weeds is a 1959 film directed by yasujiro ozu. With takeshi sakamoto, choko iida, koji mitsui, emiko yagumo.
A story of floating weeds reveals ozu in the midst of developing his mode of expression. The best creator jenji kohans could hope for with that premise was a decent twoyear run, but the brilliant casting of the doanything marylouise parker as the lead, nancy botwin, not only solidified the central comic. Aug 11, 2010 w hen weeds premiered in 2005, it was a modest comedy about an ordinary housewife who became a pot dealer to provide for her family after her husbands untimely death. A thirdrate kabuki acting troupe arrives via ferry at a seaside town in japan. It is an interesting drama, one of whose themes is forgiveness. The two most common types of floating weeds are duckweed and watermeal. A story of floating weeds ozu, 1934 a traveling kabuki troupe on the verge of packing it in passes through a town where the troupes leader had a love affair many years before. It is a remake of ozus own blackandwhite silent film a story of floating weeds 1934.
Sep 18, 2006 visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao, hiroshi kawaguchi, hitomi nozoe, chishu ryu, koji mitsui, haruo tanaka, yosuke irie, hikaru hoshi, mantaro ushio, hideo shigehara, kazuo miyagawa, yasujiro ozu, hideo shigehara, masaichi nagata, kogo noda, tadao. Like the majority of director yasujiro ozus work, floating weeds is concerned with family relationships and interactions between different generations. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds. Drawing inspiration from the nowobscure 1928 american carnivaltroupe drama the barker, ozu first made a story of floating weeds as a silent film despite the advent of sound by that time, and criterions dvd features a sublime, newly recorded original score that sounds and feels like its been part of the film all along. He began his career during the era of silent films.
Setting this later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise. The troupe is not doing very well, being reduced to playing dinky villages, and its future is in question. Stories of floating weeds the current the criterion. Floating weeds, drifting down the leisurely river of our lives, has long been a favored metaphor in japanese prose and poetry. What makes me disappointed is the love story between kayo and kiyoshi just too short, the ending of this two lovebirds for me like hanging, whereas i really enjoyed their love story. A story of floating weeds floating weeds criterion. Although his 1953 film, tokyo story, is generally considered his greatest film and one of the great films of all time, floating weeds is another of ozus brilliant, rhapsodic, and emotionally powerful statements of fallible people trying to understand the choices they make in this world and how those choices ripple across the waters of family and. From the lion king to floating weeds, here are 22 great movies about fathers and sons. Both of these types of plants can be effectively controlled with the use of fluridone. Mar 29, 20 from the lion king to floating weeds, here are 22 great movies about fathers and sons. In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon, ugetsu. W hen weeds premiered in 2005, it was a modest comedy about an ordinary housewife who became a pot dealer to provide for her family after her husbands untimely death. Overview of a story of floating weeds, 1934, directed by yasujiro ozu, with koji mitsui, choko iida, takeshi sakamoto, at turner classic movies.
As they go about drumming up an audience, one of them, komajuro ganjiro nakamura goes off on his own. Her plan backfires when the two fall in love, and the troupe, which is already on the brink of failure, is forced to disband. A remake of his own 1934 silent classic about an aging theater troupe actors reunion with his former lover and their son, floating weeds was yasujiro ozu s first foray into color filmmaking and the only one of his films shot by miyagawa. While the ohayo felt more like an update of the earlier film with significant changes in plot and context, floating weeds remained more faithful to its. This remake of story of floating weeds, a movie ozu made in the 30s, is unusual for being one of the masters few films in colour, and in having a relatively dramatic plot that even allows for. 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.
Though troupe leader kihachi takeshi sakamoto has no home to speak of, it is nonetheless a homecoming of sorts. A story of floating weeds is a character study about itinerant performers, people who live on the fringe of japanese society. Marylouise parker returns as nancy botwin, the soccer mom who had to learn how to. Jan 10, 2017 quiet cinematography floating weeds 1959 duration. Together, the films offer a unique glimpse into the evolution of one of cinemas greatest directors. The other dvd is floating weeds color, sound, a literal remake of the movie, which i watched second. Many years before, he had fathered a son with a woman who now runs a restaurant in the small town. The director said he was influenced by a wide array of films. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Celia tries to get dean to help her with a speech that she must give in front of some kids as the new city councilwoman. Floating weeds 1959 to take advantage of modern filmmaking technology such as sound and color cinematography, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent film a. A story of floating weeds reveals ozu in the midst of developing his mode of. In the course of a scene from an autumn afternoon, various angles on. This plant, the ukigusa duckweed in english, floating aimlessly, carried by stronger currents, is seen as emblematic of our own journey.
Weeds tells a story as old as the movies the ragstoriches saga of a troupe of theatrical amateurs who bring their show to broadway but it tells it with such a distinctive style, such a curious mixture of pathos and offhand wit, that it works for one more time. They never put down roots, like weeds in the rivers. An alternate audio track contains a commentary by japanese film historian donald richie. 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.
Floating weeds reveals his distinct style at its pinnacle. 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. List all drama japanese movies dramacool drama list. Much had changed for ozu in the intervening 25 years.
Theres never a moment when theres much doubt about the outcome, but the movie gets there by a series of small delights and. This season includes one of ozus key but rarely screened works of the silent era, where now. But films such as tokyo story, late spring, early spring, early autumn and an autumn afternoon are available, and to look at any ozu film is to glimpse the whole. The film was a remake of his 1934 silent film the story of floating weeds. Ozu remade story of floating weeds in 1959 for toho, and both versions. The film takes place during a hot summer in 1958 at a seaside town on. A story of floating weeds 1934 one of yasujiro ozus final silent films, a story of floating weeds 1934 opens with the arrival of an itinerate theatrical troupe to a small mountain village. Criterion has released a twodisc set containing a pair of ozus movies. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are prominent themes in ozus work. A troupe of traveling kabuki performers arrives in a small rural town in japan. Floating weeds 1959 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.
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