A Story of Floating Weeds

Original title: Ukikusa monogatari

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A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.

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Trivia
A Moxa treatment refers to the burning of an herb called moxa (aka mugwort) on, or directly above, the skin. Recipients of the treatment generally didn't like the burning sensation on their skin, although this was supposed to enhance circulation and lymphatic flow. Also, the scent of moxa is believed to have a soothing, relaxing effect, which would have been important to counteract the skin irritation.

Quotes
Kihachi: What did you plan to do with my son?
Otaka: Who cares about your son? He's cheap, like you, playing around with actresses.
[Kihachi beats Otaka]
Otaka: Are you sorry? I hope you'll be very sorry. The world is like a lottery. You take your ups and your downs. Let's make up please. That makes us even, you see. Just think how I feel.

Crazy credits
The film title and credits are placed before a backdrop of plain sackcloth. This would become a trademark of Yasujirô Ozu films.

Connections
Remade as Floating Weeds (1959)

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8/10

The 1934 and the 1959 both have their similarities and their differences

(1934) A Story Of Floating Weeds SILENT DRAMA

Co-written and Directed by Yasujirô Ozu centering on a small traveling theater group going from village to village similar to what a circus does. The leader of this troupe is Kihachi (Takeshi Sakamoto) who happens to be stopping by at a village who once had an affair with an old flame who happens to also have a well groomed teenage son with goals to go to college and Kihachi who from the time he was young has always pose as his uncle and not as his biological dad since he travels a lot and is always absent. While hanging around, and as a result of spending a great deal of time with him as opposed to spending time with his current mistress he's been traveling with, this mistress becomes jealous and tries to sabotage this relationship by asking one of the young teenage girls in the troupe to make a play for him. It really takes about 45 minutes to get involved with the story since that is how long it takes for the viewers to fully understand it's characters and it's situations. Some of the more memorable moments are the little boy traveling with the theater troupe who at times doesn't look like he was acting but was improvising which he's character was almost absent in the 1959 colored talking version!