Watch trailer for Floating Weeds
Watch trailer
Floating Weeds
Director: Yasujirō Ozu Run Time: 119 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1959 Language: Japanese
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Ganjirô Nakamura II, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Machiko Kyō
The original title of this move translates as “Radish Actor” and I love that so, so much. A traveling acting troupe land in a small town – they drink sake, do their thing and watch the falling rain. This is Ozu, our lord and master, in his mature phase and pulling off literally one of the all time greatest films with ease. Watch it for the colour palette or mise en scene alone and you’ll be enriched.