Floating Weeds

Japanese: 《浮草》 - うきくさ
Floating Weeds

According to Ozu, the film was "like a mixed dish" that also included Steven Roberts' American film "The End of the Cheering Call" (1932) and Kikuchi Kan's play "Father Returns" (1917), but the setting of a child who adores Kihachi without knowing that he is his father is completely original. The scene where father and son fish side by side in the river is particularly impressive, and this human relationship structure was also used in the 1942 film "There Was a Father" (in the remake "Floating Weeds" it is sea fishing). Otaka (Yakumo Emiko), a female actor in the troupe and Kihachi's lover (or rather, his wife), is jealous and gets a young actress (Tsubouchi Yoshiko) to seduce Kihachi's son, but the two young people fall in love and the troupe breaks up, making for a story with strong melodramatic elements.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Floating Weeds" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…小津によれば,それにさらにスティーブン・ロバーツ監督のアメリカ映画《歓呼の涯》(1932)や菊池寛の戯曲《父帰る》(1917)などをつきまぜた〈まるで五目飯のようなもの〉であったが,父親と知らずに喜八を慕う子どもという設定は完全なオリジナルである。父子並んで川で流し釣りをするシーンはとくに印象的で,この人間関係の構図は42年の《父ありき》でも使われている(再映画作品の《浮草》では海釣りになっている)。一座の女役者で喜八の愛人(というよりも,むしろ女房)おたか(八雲恵美子)が嫉妬(しつと)して,若い女優(坪内美子)に喜八の息子を誘惑させるが,若い2人はほんとうに恋におち,そして一座は解散といったメロドラマ的要素が濃いストーリー。…

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