The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

Oct 13, 1939

2h 24m

★ 7.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Kikunosuke Onoue

Shōtarō Hanayagi

Otoku

Kakuko Mori

Fukusuke Nakamura

Kōkichi Takada

Matsusuke Onoue

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kikugoro Onoue

Gonjurô Kawarazaki

Masseur Genshun

Benkei Shiganoya

Geisha Konaka

Kikuko Hanaoka

Geisha Eiryu

Nobuko Fushimi

Hotel lodger

Ichiro Yuki

Shikan Nakamura

Tokusaburo Arashi

Osata

Yōko Umemura

Eiju Dayu

Ryôtarô Kawanami

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