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Tonight's Movies!

Spiritual dismemberment is on the menu again tonight for Cud and Tith's Death and Dismemberment Thursday! If you've been in visual cuisine before you probably know I have a soft spot for Yasujiro Ozu movies. Tonight we're doing a double feature of the same story retold: first in the silent era, then in sumptuous color. The story is broadly the same in both films. An actor for a mediocre kabuki theater troupe returns to the rural village where he had a son with a local woman. Things are left unsaid. Things are said. It's summertime. It's very hot.

The CWs for Floating Weeds (1959) mention that "this is extremely dark for an Ozu film", which it is - by Ozu standards. Come see how the same story retold 25 years later is transformed through time and space.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

Stolen from Letterboxd:

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.

• Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-story-of-floating-weeds/
• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025929/

Floating Weeds (1959)

Stolen from Letterboxd:

When a theater troupe’s master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

• Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/floating-weeds/
• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053390/

CWs

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

Links

• IMDB parental guide: (not listed)
• doesthedogdie.com: (not listed)
• UnconsentingMedia: (not listed)

List

No CWs listed anywhere I could find. Off the top of my head:

• tobacco/alcohol use
• natural bodies of water
• infidelity
• domestic violence
• abusive parents

IMDB Parental Guide:

(not listed)

Floating Weeds (1959)

Links

• IMDB parental guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053390/parentalguide/
• doesthedogdie.com: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/26731
• UnconsentingMedia: (not listed)

List

• tobacco/alcohol use
• natural bodies of water
• infidelity
• domestic violence
• damaged teeth
• abused person forgives their abuser
• gaslighting
• people are restrained
• a woman is slapped
• someone is stalked
• someone leaves without saying goodbye

IMDB Parental Guide:

Sex + Nudity: None

tankie.tube links:

• A Story of Floating Weeds (1934): https://tankie.tube/w/5CZCZQaSPS1F3ny6GcYu19
• Floating Weeds (1959): https://tankie.tube/w/cDADVVFVP8J7BzoVxQxDdx