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Japanese Masters (1951)

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Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds is one of the final films directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. A remake of one of his own silent features, it tells the story of a travelling Kabuki acting troupe, led by Komajuro who arrive in a small coastal town. There, Komajuro is reunited with his former lover Oyoshi and their illegitimate son, who is unaware that the itinerant actor is his father. But the reunion provokes the jealousy of Sumiko, Komanjuro's current mistress, who plots a devastating revenge. Beautifully composed and surperbly played 'Floating Weeds' is one of Ozu's most affecting, poignant and powerful films.

The End of Summer
This penultimate film by Japanese master director Yasujiro Ozu examines the difficulties faced by the Kohayagawa family as they struggle to adapt their traditional values to a rapidly changing post-war Japan. As the family's generations-old sake making business begins to fail in the face of increasingly fierce competition, Manbei, the incorrigible elderly patriarch, rekindles an affair with an old flame, much to the disapproval of his daughter Fumiko. He is further distracted by his attempts to marry off his other two daughters: Akiko, the eldest and a widow with a small son, and Noriko, the youngest who is still single. A sublime, bittersweet elegy for a vanishing world, The End of Summer is beautifully shot in muted colour, elegantly acted and masterfully directed by one of the 20th Century's greatest filmmakers.

The Lady of Musashino
Mizoguchi's dissection of the Japanese reaction to the aftermath of war as a fastidiously moral woman faces upheaval with the changing times brought about by the new post-Imperial period...

The Life of Oharu
In feudal Japan the daughter of a samurai, Oharu, falls in love with a man below her station. Expelled from the castle in Kyoto, her family tries to regain respectability but Oharu is forced into a new life as a concubine and then a fallen woman, ever hoping to preserve some semblance of purity in a corrupt world..

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Genres:

Classic Dramas

Audio / Language:

Japanese

Subtitles:

English

Countries:

Japan

BFI Classification:

Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children

Release Date:	Unknown
Production Year:	1951
Run Time:	445 minutes
Aspect Ratio:	Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Format:	Pal
Colour:	Colour and B & W

Special Features:

Filmography of director Yasujiro Ozu
Filmography of director Kenji Mizoguchi