The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)


  • Genre: Romance, Drama
  • Release Date: 1939-10-13
  • User Rating: 7.8/10 from 124 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 24min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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From 124 Ratings
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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

  • Kakuko Mori

    as Otoku

  • Kōkichi Takada

    as Fukusuke Nakamura

  • Kinnosuke Takamatsu

    as Matsusuke Onoue

  • Gonjurô Kawarazaki

    as Kikugoro Onoue

  • Benkei Shiganoya

    as Masseur Genshun

  • Kikuko Hanaoka

    as Geisha Konaka

  • Nobuko Fushimi

    as Geisha Eiryu

  • Ichiro Yuki

    as Hotel lodger

  • Tokusaburo Arashi

    as Shikan Nakamura

  • Yōko Umemura

    as Osata

  • Ryôtarô Kawanami

    as Eiju Dayu

  • Jun'nosuke Hayama

    as Kanya Morita

  • Tamitaro Onoe

    as Tamizô Onoue

  • Yoshiaki Hanayagi

    as Tamijirô Onoue

  • Yoshie Nakagawa

    as Tea Shop Lady

  • Yoneko Mogami

    as Otsuru

  • Sumao Ishihara

    as Touring theatre manager Onishi

  • Kô Hirota

    as Touring theatre staff

  • Eijirō Hose

    as Touring theatre actor

  • 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
Sound Senji Ito Original Music Composer
Editing Koshi Kawahigashi Editor
Art Hiroshi Mizutani Production Design
Camera Shigeto Miki Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Kisaburo Okumura Costume Design
Directing Masami Hanaoka Assistant Director
Production Shintarô Shirai Producer
Sound Ryûichi Shikita Sound
Directing Tazuko Sakane Assistant Director
Camera Yozô Fuji Director of Photography
Sound Shiro Fukai Original Music Composer

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