The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939 · 144 min
Romance · Drama
★ 7.8In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, 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 joins him.
Crew
- Director Kenji Mizoguchi
- Screenplay Yoshikata Yoda
- Screenplay Matsutarō Kawaguchi
- Director of Photography Shigeto Miki
- Director of Photography Yozô Fuji
Cast
Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue
Kakuko Mori
Otoku
Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura
- K
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Matsusuke Onoue
- G
Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kikugoro Onoue
- B
Benkei Shiganoya
Masseur Genshun
Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka
Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu
Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger
- T
Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura
Yōko Umemura
Osata
- R
Ryôtarô Kawanami
Eiju Dayu
Crew
- Director — Kenji Mizoguchi
- Screenplay — Yoshikata Yoda
- Screenplay — Matsutarō Kawaguchi
- Director of Photography — Shigeto Miki
- Director of Photography — Yozô Fuji
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