This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a young star Koharu Tanaka for the big New Year release entitled Floating Weeds.
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Cast
Yôji Yamada
Director
Chieko Baisho
Yuki
Akira Emoto
Director Saeki
Mitsuru Hirata
Odagiri
Keiko Matsuzaka
Sumie Kawashima
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kihachi
Shun Hiro'oka
Jun Oyamada
Nana Kinomi
Singer
Narimi Arimori
Koharu Tanaka
Hajime Hana
Yasugoro
Leonard Kuma
Ryohei Isono
Gin Maeda
Kokichi
Jun Miho
Yaeko Sonoda
Kiichi Nakai
Kenjiro Shimada
Kanbi Fujiyama
Guest in Asakusa
Saburô Ishikura
Prison Guard
Ittoku Kishibe
Director Ogata
Kôshirô Matsumoto
Kida Studio Boss
Taichi Yamada
Writer
Yoshitaka Asama
Writer
Hisashi Inoue
Writer
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