Floating Weeds 1959  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Ukigusa
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Cast: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Haruko Sugimura, Ayako Wakao, Koji Mitsui, Hitomi Nozoe, Chishu Ryu, Haruo Tanaka, Yosuke Irie, Hikaru Hoshi, Mantaro Ushio, Kumeko Urabe, Toyoko Takahashi, Mutsuko Sakura
Komajuro (Ganjiro Nakamura) is a "floating weed"–the Japanese term for an itinerant actor–whose acting troupe is not headed for success. When the company arrives in a fishing village, Komajuro visits his ex-mistress, Kiyoshi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who happens to be the mother of Komajuro's grown son. Although he has never acknowledged his parentage, events transpire that bring Komajuro to the brink of telling the truth in this film about parents and children and just living life.
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Maborosi 1995  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Cast: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naito, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama, Naomi Watanabe, Midori Kiuchi, Akira Emoto, Mutsuko Sakura, Hidekazu Akai, Hiromi Ichida
Yumiko (Makiko Esumi) was a happily married young mother before she was tragically widowed. Now, five-years later, a matchmaker brings her together with Tamio (Takashi Naitoh). Yumiko and her son Yuichi (Gohki Kashiyama) join forces with Tamio and his own child, Tomoko (Naomi Watanabe), to form a new family.
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| 1. Floating Weeds (1959)
aka: Ukigusa
2. Maborosi (1995)
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