The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

7.9

Release Date: 1939-10-13

RomanceDrama

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.

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CASTS

Shōtarō Hanayagi

Kikunosuke Onoue

Kōkichi Takada

Fukusuke Nakamura

Kakuko Mori

Otoku

Yōko Umemura

Osata

Nobuko Fushimi

Geisha Eiryu

Kikuko Hanaoka

Geisha Konaka

Yoshie Nakagawa

Tea Shop Lady

Ichiro Yuki

Hotel lodger

Kōmei Minami

Shintomiza manager

Phillip Lopate on Kenji Mizoguchi’s Portrayal of Women

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