Film · Drama, Romance
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
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.
- Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Writers
- Shôfû Muramatsu, Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō Kawaguchi
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- October 13, 1939
- Original title
- 残菊物語
Cast
Shōtarō HanayagiKikunosuke Onoue
Kakuko MoriOtoku
Kōkichi TakadaFukusuke Nakamura- Kinnosuke TakamatsuMatsusuke Onoue
- Gonjurô KawarazakiKikugoro Onoue
- Benkei ShiganoyaMasseur Genshun
Kikuko HanaokaGeisha Konaka
Nobuko FushimiGeisha Eiryu
Ichiro YukiHotel lodger- Tokusaburo ArashiShikan Nakamura
Yōko UmemuraOsata- Ryôtarô KawanamiEiju Dayu
- Jun'nosuke HayamaKanya Morita
- Tamitaro OnoeTamizô Onoue
- Yoshiaki HanayagiTamijirô Onoue
Yoshie NakagawaTea Shop Lady- Yoneko MogamiOtsuru
- Sumao IshiharaTouring theatre manager Onishi
- Kô HirotaTouring theatre staff
- Eijirō HoseTouring theatre actor
