Free Movie: A Story Of Floating Weeds - 1934

Here's a very cool movie called A Story Of Floating Weeds (小津安二郎 - 浮草物語), a Japanese movie made in 1934. It's a silent movie with Japanese subtitles, however, you will see a tiny red button marked 'cc'... press that and choose the language of your choice for captions: English, French, Polish Spanish, Russian, Portuguese and Turkish.

I'm sorry if it isn't translated for all of you, but if you are reading my blog, you must know some English.

A bit of background... Ozu Yasujiro (surname first) made this movie. He later re-made it (in color) in 1959 - but this is the classic version. I watched the 1959 version a few months ago - and it was brilliant. As such... I am assuming this version is brilliant, too for its cinematography... and the story was interesting as well.

Like most Japanese movies of the day (and for 30 years after this), Ozu's movies are about the common Japanese family and how screwed up they really are.

In A Story of Floating Weeds, it's about an aging actor returning to a town with his troupe of performers where he meets an old lover of his with whom he had an illegitimate son. But, rather than the happiness of seeing her, it is complicated by his current mistress - and actress in the troupe - who causes some trouble... resulting in heartache for all involved.

Like you, I hope, I shall watch this movie over the next few days at lunch while at work. I hope you all enjoy it.

Popcorn is a must, but bring your own bag, because who wants to share.

Cheers
Andrew Joseph