Floating Weeds

A nearly shot for shot remake of Ozu’s own silent masterpiece  A Story of Floating Weeds, Floating Weeds has all of the original’s positive qualities while finding space to deepen the action ever so slightly using the tools and conventions of the sound era. It takes a great foundation, adapts it to a new medium, and makes it even better by using those tools of the new medium.

So, it’s the same story of an acting troupe coming to a small Japanese town, staying there for a year, and then fa...