The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

残菊物語

1939·144'

Kenji Mizoguchi

DramaRomance

Japanese

Letterboxd TMDB #46069

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.

Cast

Shōtarō Hanayagi Kikunosuke Onoue Kakuko Mori Otoku Kōkichi Takada Fukusuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Takamatsu Matsusuke Onoue

Gonjurô Kawarazaki Kikugoro Onoue

Benkei Shiganoya Masseur Genshun Kikuko Hanaoka Geisha Konaka Nobuko Fushimi Geisha Eiryu Ichiro Yuki Hotel lodger

Tokusaburo Arashi Shikan Nakamura Yōko Umemura Osata

Ryôtarô Kawanami Eiju Dayu

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