Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds floating weeds the criterion collection. A late work from japanese auteur yasujiro ozu, and a master class in his particular sense of composition. There arent necessarily wrong answers, but when we talk about good cinematography, i dont think were always talking about good cinematography. Floating weeds is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. What do you think of when you think of cinematography. If you need help controlling pond weeds, please call 6514333283. A remake of his own 1934 silent classic about an aging theater troupe actors reunion with his former lover and their son, floating weeds was yasujiro ozu s first foray into color filmmaking and the only one of his films shot by miyagawa. Ozu occasionally repeated himself in the stricter sense, as well. A kabuki actors mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lovers son. Floating weeds 1959 floating weeds ukigusa, 1959, a contemplative tale about a traveling kabuki troupe on its last legs, is arguably yasujiro ozus most beautiful color film thanks to the great japanese cinematographer kazuo miyagawa and ozus meticulous visual design. Floating weeds 1959 yify download movie torrent yts.
In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon. The troupe is not doing very well, being reduced to playing dinky villages, and its future is in question. Oct 08, 2015 a story of floating weeds opens with a traveling kabuki troupe, led by kihachi ichikawa takeshi sakamoto, arriving in a town that they havent visited in four years. Floating weeds reveals his distinct style at its pinnacle. Find the pond, lake, and water garden solutions that you need from the pond guy. Floating weeds lighthouse sticker by guydbored redbubble. The whole thing replicates itself, recycling the same floating story. The audio for the silent a story of floating weeds consisted of an newly commissioned piano score by donald sosin. A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of japan.
Floating weeds masters of cinema yasujiro ozu rain. The 1959 movie had its original mono track restored for this edition. From the study area 11 floating aquatic weed species belonging to 9 genera and 9 families were collected and identified. It is so atmosphericso evocative of a quiet fishing village during a hot and muggy summerthat it envelops me. The first step in pond weed control is identifying the types of invasive species growing your water.
Cinematographer kazuo miyagawas work includes akira kurosawas rashomon, yojimbo, and kenji mizoguchis ugetsu monogatari to name but a few of his best works. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds. Maintain a healthy aquatic environment, and order your supplies today. If the floating weeds you are trying to get rid of have roots attached to the bottom such as water lilies or watershield, then they are actually emergent weeds. Floating weeds boasts the visual beauty and deep tenderness of director yasujiro ozus most memorable films and its one of the few the master shot. Jan 10, 2017 rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. It also shares the directors amazingly serene yet appealing visual style, created through the use of the simplest means possible. A thirdrate kabuki acting troupe arrives via ferry at a seaside town in japan. The film takes place during a hot summer in 1958 at a seaside town on. Floating weeds, ukikusa is a 1959 japanese drama film directed by yasujiro ozu, starring ganjiro nakamura and machiko kyo. The other dvd is floating weeds color, sound, a literal remake of the movie, which i watched second. An alternate audio track contains a commentary by japanese film historian donald richie. Nov, 2012 floating weeds 1959 is like a familiar piece of music that i can turn to for reassurance and consolation.
Many years before, he had fathered a son with a woman who now runs a restaurant in the small town. The two most common types of floating weeds are duckweed and watermeal. The first time i sat down to watch ozu yasujiros 1959 floating weeds this would have been in 2005, i couldnt get past the second shot not including the opening credits. Komajuro arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his. The first time i sat down to watch ozu yasujiros 1959 floating weeds this would have been in 2005, i couldnt get past the second shot not including the opening credits, white and red text against a yellowing. For floating and submerged weeds waterclear 202 herbicide is a highly effective aquatic herbicide for the control of floating, submerged and emergent aquatic weeds as well as filamentous algae. Floating weeds boasts the visual beauty and deep tenderness of director yasujiro ozus most memorable films. Stories of floating weeds by yasujiro ozu koji mitsui. A story of floating weeds was released on region 1 dvd on the criterion collection on april 20, 2004 as a twodisc set with floating weeds. Rereleased to celebrate the centenary of yasujiro ozus birth, floating weeds ukigusa was one of the japanese directors final films. Floating weeds 1959 is like a familiar piece of music that i can turn to for reassurance and consolation. Recently restored, the films bold colors are given dazzling new life. A story of floating weeds opens with a traveling kabuki troupe, led by kihachi ichikawa takeshi sakamoto, arriving in a town that they havent visited in four years.
An ageing actors return to his longlost family in a provincial. As they go about drumming up an audience, one of them, komajuro ganjiro nakamura goes off on his own. A story of floating weeds 1934 the criterion collection. With takeshi sakamoto, choko iida, koji mitsui, emiko yagumo. A new doublefeature dvd set showcases one such instance, by pairing the 1934 silent a story of floating weeds with its 1959 remake, floating weeds. Floating weeds boasts the visual beauty and deep tenderness of director. Setting this later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise. It is so atmosphericso evocative of a quiet fishing village during a hot and muggy. Classic movie poster after the thin man by serpentfilms. This 1959 ozu production centers on the likable but fallible leader of an.
Quiet cinematography floating weeds 1959 from the royal ocean film society plus. This remake of story of floating weeds, a movie ozu made in the 30s, is unusual for being one of the masters few films in colour, and in having a relatively. The present paper is based on the results of taxonomic research work conducted in dera ismail khan district of kpk, pakistan, during 2005 2007. Shortly thereafter, kihachi goes to visit a local restaurant owner named otsune choko iida, with whom he has a son, shinkichi koji mitsui, credited as hideo mitsui. I movie, theatre, fritz lang film, step up dance, richard wagner, film archive, fantasy films, streaming vf. We have provided a list of common lake and pond weeds found in minnesota. The head of a japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous. A story of floating weeds ozu, 1934 a traveling kabuki troupe on the verge of packing it in passes through a town where the troupes leader had a love affair many years before. Setting his later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise preserves the details of his elegantly simple plot wherein an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a. Floating weeds is a 1959 film directed by yasujiro ozu. A story of floating weeds reveals ozu in the midst of developing his mode of expression.
If the camera barely moves in floating weeds, its for good reason all the beauty and drama you need is right there in the frame the movie is set in a small fishing village where an itinerant theater troupe has come to perform. Biodiversity and importance of floating weeds of dara. Setting his later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise preserves the details of his elegantly simple plot wherein an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Watch the land of hope 2012 full movie online cinema movies. In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon, ugetsu. Both of these types of plants can be effectively controlled with the use of fluridone. Though no one deemed goddard too french or bergman too swedish, most of ozus films were not circulated outside of japan until the 70s. Like the majority of director yasujiro ozus work, floating weeds is concerned with family relationships and interactions between different generations.
Google has this listed as one of the ten greatest films, so i bought it. The area was extensively surveyed in order to collect floating aquatic weeds. Telling the same story from opposite ends of ozus career, the two movies illustrate how he refined his style through the years. It is a remake of ozus own blackandwhite silent film a story of floating weeds 1934. It is an interesting drama, one of whose themes is forgiveness. This film illustrates the peril of taking a director out of his or her comfort zone as ozu, the master of middle class, postwar, japanese family conflict.
For me, floating weeds 1959 is like a familiar piece of music that i can turn to for reassurance and consolation. Buy floating weedslighthouse by guydbored as a tshirt, classic tshirt. 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. Ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao, hiroshi kawaguchi, hitomi nozoe, chishu ryu, koji mitsui, haruo tanaka, yosuke irie, hikaru hoshi, mantaro ushio, hideo shigehara, kazuo miyagawa, yasujiro ozu, hideo shigehara, masaichi nagata, kogo noda, tadao. The reunion between the actor and his former lover and their illegitimate teenaged son who believes his father to be an uncle raises the ire of the. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Floating weeds ukigusa directed by yasujiro ozu 1959 color 119 min one of the best parts of this film is the terrific cinematography, which should come as no surprise. With ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao. Floating weeds masters of cinema original theatrical. A story of floating weeds floating weeds criterion. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds 1934.