Japan Synopsis
浮草物語
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Story of Floating Weeds. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1930s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1930s in Japan, 22 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Story of Floating Weeds premiered alongside 1 others.
Position in Catalog
The 22nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
47 audience reviews — more than 63% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (63th percentile) outruns trending popularity (32th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Story of Floating Weeds, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- japanese man · 5
- child abandonment · 3
- kabuki · 3
- remade · 3
- illegitimate son · 2
- actors · 2
- fly fishing · 1
- family abandonment · 1
- unknown father · 1
- aging actor · 1
- paternity revealed · 1
- male bonding · 1
- financial ruin · 1
- theater troupe · 1
- starting over · 1
- woman scorned · 1
- absent father · 1
- revenge for cheating · 1
- silent film · 10
- father son conflict · 9
- mistress · 6
- revenge · 210
- train · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,161 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #953 of 1,933 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Release Date | November 23, 1934 |
| IMDb | tt0025929 |