A Story of Floating Weeds

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A Story of Floating Weeds
Directed by	Yasujiro Ozu
Produced by	Shochiku
Written by	Tadao Ikeda Yasujiro Ozu
Starring	Takeshi Sakamoto Chouko Iida Koji Mitsui Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Cinematography	Hideo Shigehara
Editing by	Hideo Shigehara
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date(s)	1934
Running time	118 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Silent film Japanese intertitles
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A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Ukikusa monogatari^?) is a 1934 silent film directed by Yasujiro Ozu which he later remade as Floating Weeds in 1959.

The film includes the first appearance of what became one of the director's trademarks: a title sequence in which the credits appear against a sackcloth backdrop. Not only does this fit the story's pastoral setting, but since the credit sequences of Ozu's previous films had featured cartoony illustrations, the choice of humble sackcloth indicates the emergence of his mature film-making style. It earned Ozu the Kinema Junpô Critics' Prize for Best Japanese Film, his third in as many years.

[edit] DVD release

A Story of Floating Weeds was released on Region 1 DVD by The Criterion Collection on April 20, 2004 as a two-disc set with Floating Weeds. [1] An alternate audio track contains a commentary by Japanese film historian Donald Richie; another features a new score by composer Donald Sosin.