Floating Weeds evaluation action
2022-07-04 22:30
"Ukigusa"'s delicate description of family and love is not exaggerated or flashy. Kojuuro's helplessness, Afang's indifference, Junko's enthusiasm, Qing's straightforwardness, and Kayo's innocence - every character image is so vivid. The ending of the film is not a "happy reunion", but it is not perfect and has flaws. This is the real life.
The film is one of the representative works of director Yasujiro Ozu. The plot is compact and not procrastinating, and the characters are full and three-dimensional, avoiding simple judgments that are either black or white. Ozu's wonderful interpretation of family, love and human nature has made the film transcend the boundaries of time and space, and decades later, it can still resonate strongly with audiences in different countries, making the audience immersed in the film's slightly sad aftertaste for a long time.
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Extended Reading
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Komajuro Arashi: Misfortunes never come alone.
Sumiko: Swift is Heaven's vengeance!
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Sumiko: Where would you be without me? Each time I had to appeal to the impresario on all fours! Remember all that!
Komajuro Arashi: What!
Sumiko: You impudent, ungrateful brute!
Komajuro Arashi: What? Shut up! Who are you? Remember who you were! You were a common whore! You fell for me and came to me a-begging! Who trained you into an actress, remember? You ungrateful wretch, lower than an animal! You big fool, you! I can get along all by myself without any help from you! Don't make me laugh, fool!
Sumiko: Fool, you say? You took the word out of my mouth!