Criterion Collection - Story Of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two - Blu-ray

The original silent drama from Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, "A Story of Floating Weeds," follows a travelling theatre troupe's visit to a seaside town and the group's leader's emotional reunion with a love from his past and the son he never knew, stars Tomio Aoki, Choko Iida, and Hideo Mitsui. Then, Ozu's postwar remake, "Floating Weeds," benefits from lush color cinematography and a more lyrical tone than it's predecessor. Ganjiro Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, and Hiroshi Kawaguchi star. 3 1/2 hrs. Total. Standard; Soundtracks: Japanese Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 5.0; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer. In Japanese with English subtitles. Two-disc set.