With ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao. Floating weeds is widely acclaimed by film critics. Nov, 2012 floating weeds 1959 is like a familiar piece of music that i can turn to for reassurance and consolation. Less than a dozen of his films are available in the west on video and only floating weeds is also on laserdisc. Creator jenji kohan revealed that cover versions of the song would be used during the opening credits as during past seasons and confirmed that ben folds. 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. Floating weeds, ukikusa is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. I wrote this after i saw my first ozus film, tokyo story about a year ago. For some reason it always reminds me of the music in mr.
Weeds season 8 in hd 720p tvstock download best tv. Its story of triumph in the face of overwhelming situational borders is at the heart of the films themes on empathy and immigration. 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. Stories of floating weeds the current the criterion. Weeds has been a passion project of ours for the past year and a half. They are floating around neither as chinese in china nor as korean in korea. Ukigusa monogatari dvd korean subtitle only from amazons movies store. Duckweed lemna minor duckweed is a true floating aquatic weed with leaves on the surface and roots extending downward, absorbing nutrients directly from the water. Oct 08, 2015 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. 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.
Setting this later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise. 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. Koreanchinese people come to korea from china with korean dream but they are not koreans but just poor foreigners for south koreans. A story of floating weeds, for a magnificent colour reworking, photographed by. Out of print rare varese sarabande release vcd473 almost pristine free upgraded shipping. A story of floating weeds 1934 the criterion collection. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds 1934. 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. Cinematographer kazuo miyagawas work includes akira kurosawas rashomon, yojimbo, and kenji mizoguchis ugetsu monogatari to name but a few of his best works. The audio for the silent a story of floating weeds consisted of an newly commissioned piano score by donald sosin. A kabuki actors mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lovers son. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds.
Weeds 1987 after his many suicide attempts are thwarted, san quentin lifer lee umstetter nick nolte finds his personal redemption when a traveling theater group stages a performance at the prison. This is one of acclaimed director yasujiro ozus finest works. A late work from japanese auteur yasujiro ozu, and a master class in his particular sense of composition. 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. Floating weeds a late work from japanese auteur yasujiro ozu, and a master class in his particular sense of composition. The most famed examples of this trait are 1934s silent black and white a story of floating weeds ukikusa monogatari, written by ozu and tadao ikeda, and 1959s sound color film, floating weeds ukigusa, written by ozu and kogo noda. The above rating is for a story of floating weeds1934, not for the remake, floating weeds.
And sometimes this identity is made explicitin the lives of traveling actors, for example. In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon, ugetsu. Floating weeds was released on region 1 dvd by the criterion collection on april 20, 2004, as a twodisc set with a story of floating weeds. Floating aquatic weeds are loved by some and hated by others. Both films, whose titular metaphor revolves around the lives of itinerant actors, tell basically the. The movies music, by kojun saito, is lilting and nostalgic. In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon. It tells the wonderful story of komajuro arashi, an aging master of a travelling kabuke troupe that is hits the skids in a small japanese towns. A story of floating weeds was released on region 1 dvd on the criterion collection on april 20, 2004 as a twodisc set with floating weeds. Shortly thereafter, kihachi goes to visit a local restaurant owner named otsune choko iida, with whom he has a son, shinkichi koji mitsui, credited as hideo mitsui. 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 masters of cinema original theatrical. 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. Floating weeds 1959 is like a familiar piece of music that i can turn to for reassurance and consolation. This film illustrates the peril of taking a director out of his or her comfort zone as ozu, the master of. 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 1959 yify download movie torrent yts. Boomkat limited second floor, swan building 20 swan street manchester m4 5jw united kingdom tel. Many years before, he had fathered a son with a woman who now runs a restaurant in the small town. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds floating weeds the criterion collection. He also said, this is what the kingdom of god is like.
It marks the return of the shows theme song, little boxes. A good tree cannot bare bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bare good fruit the parable of the growing seed mk 4. With takeshi sakamoto, choko iida, koji mitsui, emiko yagumo. The eighth and final season of weeds premiered on july 1, 2012, and featured episodes, bringing the series total to 102. Ozu occasionally repeated himself in the stricter sense, as well. The kingdom of heaven is like a man who planted good seed in his field. The leader of a traveling acting troupe meets his former mistress and their illegitimate son. Creator jenji kohan revealed that cover versions of the song would be used during the opening credits as during past seasons and confirmed that ben folds and the mountain goats would be featured artists. Floating weeds is a personal documentary about a south korean filmmaker and koreanchinese people breaking down the walls of mutual distrust and. As they go about drumming up an audience, one of them, komajuro ganjiro nakamura goes off on his own. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today.
Both of these types of plants can be effectively controlled with the use of fluridone. Floating weeds, drifting down the leisurely river of our lives, has long been a favored metaphor in japanese prose and poetry. Premiering in a glorious new 4k digital restoration, floating weeds is, in scholar donald richies estimation, the most pictorially beautiful of all of ozus pictures. Miyagawas stunning use of color and clever montage. Floating weeds is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. Ozu made 54 films, starting with silents in 1927 and continuing until an autumn afternoon the. Liketelevision proudly presents floating weeds or ukigusa which is the roginal japanese title. The above rating is for a story of floating weeds 1934, not for the remake, floating weeds. Floating weeds ukigusa directed by yasujiro ozu 1959 color 119 min one of the best parts of this film is the terrific cinematography, which should come as no surprise. In 1959, ozu made 2 color films, ohayo 1959 and floating weeds 1959 that were essentially remakes of his earlier films, namely i was bornbut 1932 and story of floating weeds 1934. 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. A powerful herbicide, waterclear 202 kills azolla, duckweed, salvinia, water hyacinth, marsilea, water lili es, water lettuce, cumbungi and other. 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.
I and the cynic, but unexperienced son was it kiyoshi. Floating weeds is the story of a troupe of traveling kabuki players who straggle into a coastal village. It seems ironic, but millions of dollars are spent each year both purchasing and killing these plants. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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 earlier counterpart, though character were. If the camera barely moves in floating weeds, its for good reason all the beauty and drama you need is right there in the frame the movie is set in a small fishing village where an itinerant theater troupe has come to perform. Yasujiro ozu a story of floating weeds khachaturian. Telling the same story from opposite ends of ozus career, the two movies illustrate how he refined his style through the years. 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. It is a remake of ozus own blackandwhite silent film a story of floating weeds 1934. The film takes place during a hot summer in 1958 at a seaside town on the inland sea. Overview of a story of floating weeds, 1934, directed by yasujiro ozu, with koji mitsui, choko iida, takeshi sakamoto, at turner classic movies.
This plant, the ukigusa duckweed in english, floating aimlessly, carried by stronger currents, is seen as emblematic of our own journey. An alternate audio track contains a commentary by japanese film historian donald richie. The characters in this movie felt so real its as if i know them. Dont hesitate with this 5 star seller with almost pristine feedback. For floating and submerged weeds waterclear 202 herbicide is a highly effective aquatic herbicide for the control of floating, submerged and emergent aquatic weeds as well as filamentous algae. 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.
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. Director kevin hudson and producer brad simonsen assembled an international team who volunteered their time to make this project. Order typically received within three business days from payment. Recently restored, the films bold colors are given dazzling new life. And the acting of some actor i think its a bit weird, i dont know what the acting measurements of the past were like. Jan 10, 2017 quiet cinematography floating weeds 1959 duration. Roger ebert gave the film four stars out of four, and included it on his ten greatest. If the camera barely moves in floating weeds, its for good reason all the beauty and drama you need is right there in the frame.
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