The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)


  • Genre: Romance, Drama
  • Release Date: 1939-10-13
  • User Rating: 7.9/10 from 107 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 24min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Summary

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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  • Shōtarō Hanayagi

    as Kikunosuke Onoue

  • Kōkichi Takada

    as Fukusuke Nakamura

  • Gonjurô Kawarazaki

    as Kikugoro Onoue

  • Kakuko Mori

    as Otoku

  • Tokusaburo Arashi

    as Shikan Nakamura

  • Yōko Umemura

    as Osata

  • Ryôtarô Kawanami

    as Eiju Dayu

  • Kinnosuke Takamatsu

    as Matsusuke Onoue

  • Jun'nosuke Hayama

    as Kanya Morita

  • Tamitaro Onoe

    as Tamizô Onoue

  • Yoshiaki Hanayagi

    as Tamijirô Onoue

  • Nobuko Fushimi

    as Geisha Eiryu

  • Kikuko Hanaoka

    as Geisha Konaka

  • Yoshie Nakagawa

    as Tea Shop Lady

  • Benkei Shiganoya

    as Masseur Genshun

  • Yoneko Mogami

    as Otsuru

  • Sumao Ishihara

    as Touring theatre manager Onishi

  • Kô Hirota

    as Touring theatre staff

  • Eijirō Hose

    as Touring theatre actor

  • Ichiro Yuki

    as Hotel lodger

  • Fujiko Shirakawa

    as

  • Kōmei Minami

    as Shintomiza manager

  • Jinichi Amano

    as

  • Haruo Inoue

    as

  • Minpei Tomimoto

    as
Directing Kenji Mizoguchi Director
Writing Shôfû Muramatsu Novel
Writing Yoshikata Yoda Screenplay
Writing Matsutarō Kawaguchi Screenplay
Production Tadaoto Kainoshō Researcher
Directing Tazuko Sakane Assistant Director
Art Hiroshi Mizutani Production Design
Sound Ryûichi Shikita Sound
Production Shintarô Shirai Producer
Camera Minoru Miki Director of Photography
Sound Senji Itô Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Kisaburo Okumura Costume Design
Directing Masami Hanaoka Assistant Director
Camera Yozô Fuji Director of Photography
Editing Koshi Kawahigashi Editor
Sound Shiro Fukai Original Music Composer

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