Ukigusa (Floating Weeds). 1959. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

Film

Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 7:00 p.m.

Introduced by Ichiro Miyagawa, Kazuo Miyagawa’s son, and Masahiro Miyajima, Miyagawa’s longtime camera operator

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

Ukikusa (Floating Weeds). 1959. Japan. Directed by Yasujirô Ozu. With Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô. Courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures

Ukigusa (Floating Weeds). 1959. Japan. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Screenplay by Kogo Noda, Ozu. With Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao. In Japanese; English subtitles. 119 min.

Premiering in a glorious new 4K digital restoration, Floating Weeds is, in scholar Donald Richie’s estimation, “the most pictorially beautiful of all of Ozu's pictures.” The film follows an aging kabuki actor who is reunited with a former lover and their illegitimate son, bringing out the bitter jealousy of his current mistress. Restoration premiere.

4K digital restoration courtesy Kadokawa and Janus Films.

This film accompanies Kazuo Miyagawa: Japan’s Greatest Cinematographer.

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