Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days coldly collecting debts. Even her best friends, fellow Geisha Tomi, Nobu, and Tamae, are now indebted to her. For all of them, the glamour of their young lives has passed; Tomi and Tamae have disappointing children. Kin has two former lovers who still pursue her; one she wants to see, and the other she doesn't. But even the one she remembers fondly, when he shows up, proves less than satisfactory.
Director: Mikio Naruse
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Haruko Sugimura as Kin |
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Sadako Sawamura as Nobu |
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Chikako Hosokawa as Tamae |
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Yūko Mochizuki as Tomi |
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Ken Uehara as Tabe |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as Kiyoshi |
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Ineko Arima as Sachiko |
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Bontarō Miake as Seki |
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Daisuke Katō as Itaya |
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Haruna Kaburagi as |
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi as |
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Yaeko Izumo as |
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Tsuruko Mano as |
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Toshiko Nakano as |
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Takuzō Kumagai as |
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Masayoshi Kawabe as |
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Akira Tani as |
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Sonosuke Sawamura as Sentaro |
| Writing | Sumie Tanaka | Adaptation |
| Directing | Mikio Naruse | Director |
| Production | Teruo Maki | Production Manager |
| Camera | Masao Tamai | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi | Editor |
| Art | Satoru Chūko | Production Design |
| Directing | Masayoshi Kawanishi | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Toshiro Ide | Adaptation |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Fumiko Hayashi | Original Story |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Recordist |
