A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Yasujiro Ozu, 1934)

A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Yasujiro Ozu, 1934)

Japanese cinema is filled with tales of maternal self-sacrifice which is more often than not rejected by ungrateful children unable to understand the depths of a mother’s love. More contrarian than most would have it, Yasujiro Ozu’s abiding interest is with fathers and particularly with those who are flawed but loving. 1934’s A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Ukigusa Monogatari) which he later remade in colour 25 years later, is a tale of one suc…