Film

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939 · 2h 24m · Romance · Drama

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

In 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.

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

Jun'nosuke Hayama

Kanya Morita

Tamitaro Onoe

Tamizô Onoue

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Tamijirô Onoue

Yoshie Nakagawa

Tea Shop Lady

• Kenji MizoguchiDirector
• Yoshikata YodaScreenplay
• Matsutarō KawaguchiScreenplay
• Shôfû MuramatsuNovel
• Shintarô ShiraiProducer
• Shigeto MikiDirector of Photography
• Yozô FujiDirector of Photography
• Senji ItoOriginal Music Composer
• Shiro FukaiOriginal Music Composer
• Koshi KawahigashiEditor

Release date

October 13, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 24m

Genres

Romance, Drama

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