Floating Weeds

November. 17,1959      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934).

Ganjirō Nakamura II as  Komajuro Arashi
Machiko Kyō as  Sumiko
Ayako Wakao as  Kayo
Hiroshi Kawaguchi as  Kiyoshi
Haruko Sugimura as  Oyoshi
Hitomi Nozoe as  Aiko
Chishū Ryū as  Theatre Owner
Kōji Mitsui as  Kichinosuke
Haruo Tanaka as  Yatazo
Hikaru Hoshi as  Kimura

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