Floating Weeds (浮草) 65 years old

Floating Weeds

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes Komajuro is his uncle. The leading actress Sumiko is jealous and so, in order to humiliate the master, persuades the younger actress Kayo to seduce Kiyoshi.

Credits

Floating Weeds Cast

Name Character
Machiko Kyō She was 35, 95 years old when she died as Sumiko
Ayako Wakao She was 26, now 91 years old as Kayo
Koji Mitsui was 13, 5 years old when died as Kichinosuke
Haruo Tanaka He was 47, 79 years old when he died as Yatazo
Mutsuko Sakura She was 38, 83 years old when she died
Chishu Ryu He was 55, 88 years old when he died as Theatre Owner
Ganjirō Nakamura He was 57, 81 years old when he died as Komajuro Arashi
Kumeko Urabe She was 57, 87 years old when she died as Shige
Hiroshi Kawaguchi He was 5, 22 years old when he died as Kiyoshi
Haruko Sugimura She was 50, 88 years old when she died as Oyoshi
Toyo Takahashi She was 56, 77 years old when she died as Aiko no haha
Natsuko Kahara She was 38, 70 years old when she died

Floating Weeds Crew

Name Department
Masaichi Nagata as Producer. He was 53 (79) years old when He died Production
Kazuo Miyagawa as Director of Photography. He was 51 (90) years old when He died Camera
Kogo Noda as Screenplay. He was 65 (74) years old when He died Writing
Tadao Ikeda as Screenplay. He was 54 (59) years old when He died Writing
Yasujirō Ozu as Director. He was 55 (60) years old when He died Directing
Yasujirō Ozu as Screenplay. He was 55 (60) years old when He died Writing
Floating Weeds poster
Floating Weeds (65 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, November 17, 1959
  • Runtime: 115 minutes