Floating Weeds
Theatrical poster to Floating Weeds
Directed by	Yasujirō Ozu[1]
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata (永田雅一)
Written by	Kōgo Noda Yasujirō Ozu
Music by	Kojun Saitō (斎藤高順)
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Distributed by	Daiei
Released	November 17, 1959
Running time	119 min.
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Floating Weeds (浮草, Ukigusa) is a 1959 film directed by Yasujirō Ozu.^[1]

CastEdit

• Ganjirō Nakamura II (二代目中村鴈治郎) ... Komajuro Arashi^[2][3]
• Machiko Kyō ... Sumiko
• Ayako Wakao (若尾文子) ... Kayo
• Kumeko Urabe (浦辺粂子) ... Shige
• Kōji Mitsui (三井弘次) ... Kichinosuke
• Mantarō Ushio (潮万太郎) ... Sentaro
• Tadashi Date (伊達正) ... 扇升
• Masahiko Shimazu (島津雅彦) ... Masao
• Haruo Tanaka (田中春男) ... Yatazo
• Tsutomu Tanaka (中田勉) ... Kamenosuke
• Tatsuo Hanabu (花布辰男) ... Rokusaburō
• Yoshiaki Fujimura (藤村善秋) ... Nagataro
• Tarō Marui (丸井太郎) ... Shokichi
• Yōsuke Irie (入江洋佑) ... Sugiyama
• Hikaru Hoshi (星ひかる) ... Kimura
• Haruko Sugimura ... Oyoshi
• Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口浩) ... Kiyoshi Homma
• Chishū Ryū ... Theatre Owner
• Hitomi Nozoe (野添ひとみ) ... Aiko
• Ken'ichi Miyajima (宮島健一) ... Aiko's father
• Toyo Takahashi (高橋とよ) ... Aiko's mother
• Seiji Sasaki (佐々木正時) ... Ume family father
• Mutsuko Sakura (桜むつ子) ... O-Katsu
• Natsuko Kahara (賀原夏子) ... Yae
• Osamu Maruyama (丸山修) ... Tokezo
• Kō Sugita (杉田康) ... Wharf worker
• Kyōsuke Shiho (志保京助) ... Post Office staff
• Saburō Sakai (酒井三郎) ... Guest's father
• Wakayo Matsumura (松村若代) ... Old woman guest
• Hachirō Misumi (三角八郎) ... Sailor
• Nobuo Minamitaka (南方伸夫) ... Ogawa noodle shop customer^[4]
• Michisumi Sugawara ... Guest
• Joe Ohara
• Kisao Tobita
• Tetsuo Takeuchi
• Ken Yamaguchi
• Rin Sugimori
• Mitsuko Takesato
• Nobuko Shingu

BibliographyEdit

• "Floating Weeds (1959)" at the Internet Movie Database
• "FLOATING WEEDS" at Ozu-san.com
• "浮草" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
• "浮草" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "浮草" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
2. ↑ "浮草" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
3. ↑ "Floating Weeds (1959)" at the Internet Movie Database
4. ↑ Following cast listed only at IMDb