Floating Weeds

The film takes place during a hot summer in 1958 at a seaside town on the Inland Sea. Komajuro visits his former mistress, Oyoshi, who runs a small eatery in the town. They have a grown-up son - Kiyoshi - who does not know who Komajura is, having been told he is his uncle. When Sumiko, the lead actress of the troupe, becomes jealous and makes a visit to Oyoshi's eatery. The two are engaged in a relationship which, after a while, is discovered. The troupe has difficulty attracting a modern-day audience with