17 Nov 1959
Floating Weeds
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
The Village
Enjoy this little slice of what city people call
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
Top Billed Cast
倍賞千恵子 Hideko Kono
寺尾聰 Takashi Saito
下條正巳 
大滝秀治 
井川比佐志 
三崎千恵子 
下條アトム 
杉山とく子 
今福将雄 
赤塚真人 
市毛良枝 
岡本茉利 
笠井一彦 Kenji Kimura Akihiko Hanyû Yoshiko Togawa Katsuhiko Tamura 
渥美清
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