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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

Romance • Drama • 2ч 24м

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.

TMDB rating: 7.8 (128)

Cast

Shōtarō Hanayagi
Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue
Kakuko Mori
Kakuko Mori
Otoku
Kōkichi Takada
Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Matsusuke Onoue
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Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kikugoro Onoue
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Benkei Shiganoya
Masseur Genshun
Kikuko Hanaoka
Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka
Nobuko Fushimi
Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu
Ichiro Yuki
Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger
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Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura
Yōko Umemura
Yōko Umemura
Osata
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Ryôtarô Kawanami
Eiju Dayu
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Jun'nosuke Hayama
Kanya Morita
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Tamitaro Onoe
Tamizô Onoue
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Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Tamijirô Onoue
Yoshie Nakagawa
Yoshie Nakagawa
Tea Shop Lady
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Yoneko Mogami
Otsuru
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Sumao Ishihara
Touring theatre manager Onishi
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Kô Hirota
Touring theatre staff
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Eijirō Hose
Touring theatre actor
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Fujiko Shirakawa
Kōmei Minami
Kōmei Minami
Shintomiza manager
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Jinichi Amano
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Haruo Inoue

Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Shôfû Muramatsu
Novel
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Screenplay
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Researcher
Tazuko Sakane
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Mizutani
Production Design
Ryûichi Shikita
Sound
Shintarô Shirai
Producer
Shigeto Miki
Director of Photography
Senji Ito
Original Music Composer
Kisaburo Okumura
Costume Design
Masami Hanaoka
Assistant Director
Yozô Fuji
Director of Photography
Koshi Kawahigashi
Editor
Shiro Fukai
Original Music Composer

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