The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939/10/13 • Released • Japanese
Overview
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.
Director : Kenji Mizoguchi
Casts
Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue
Kakuko Mori
Otoku
Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura
Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka
Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu
Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger
Yōko Umemura
Osata
Yoshie Nakagawa
Tea Shop Lady
Kōmei Minami
Shintomiza manager
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