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Floating Weeds

1959 · 115 min · Director: Yasujirō Ozu ★ IMDb 7.9 · 9,925 ratings

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When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

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Floating Weeds (1959) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Sadness
Empathy
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Not enough subtitle evidence15 %0 %5 %1 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor23 %3 %10 %2 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor31 %11 %22 %7 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Empathy37 %23 %29 %12 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Sadness37 %22 %21 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor38 %13 %18 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Empathy42 %13 %26 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Tension49 %15 %22 %46 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Tension59 %19 %20 %59 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Tension60 %22 %26 %55 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Humor50 %18 %30 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Tension51 %26 %35 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Tension65 %41 %40 %63 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Tension70 %47 %42 %67 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Sadness65 %52 %47 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Sadness65 %59 %55 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Tension73 %62 %59 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Tension80 %69 %65 %66 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Sadness77 %66 %67 %42 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Hope66 %50 %58 %21 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

GN
Ganjirō Nakamura II

AW
Ayako Wakao

HK
Hiroshi Kawaguchi

HN
Hitomi Nozoe

KM
Kōji Mitsui

KM
Kōji Mitsui

Kichinosuke

YI
Yosuke Irie

HH
Hikaru Hoshi

Kimura

MU
Mantarō Ushio

Sentaro

KU
Kumeko Urabe

Shige

TT
Toyo Takahashi

Aiko's Mother

MS
Mutsuko Sakura

O-Katsu

NK
Natsuko Kahara

Yae

MS
Michisumi Sugawara

Kyaku

TH
Tatsuo Hanabu

Rokusaburo

TD
Tadashi Date

Sensho

TN
Tsutomu Nakata

Kamenosuke

Details

Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
Written by
Yasujirō Ozu, Kōgo Noda, Tadao Ikeda
Type
Movies
Released
1959
Runtime
115 min
Country
Japan
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.9 · 9,925 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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