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Ukigusa monogatari
(A Story of Floating Weeds)
AKA A Story of Floating Weeds in the USA
(1934) Japanese
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

Cast: Takeshi Sakamoto [Kihachi], Choko Iida [Otsune, Ka-yan], Hideo Mitsui (Koji Mitsui) [Shinkichi], Rieko Yagumo [Otaka], Yoshiko Tsubouchi [Otoki], Tomio Aoki [Tomi-boh], Reiko Tani [Tomibo’s father], Emiko Yagumo, Chishu Ryu [shouting audience member]

Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo production; distributed by [?] Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo? / Scenario by Tadao Ikeda, from a novel by James Maki (Yasujiro Ozu). Cinematography by Hideo Shigehara. Edited by Hideo Shigehara. / Released 23 November 1934. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 6 February 2007.

References: Sato-Currents p. 33 : Website-IMDb.

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