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:
Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda.
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Shōtarō Hanayagi as Kikunosuke Onoue |
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Kakuko Mori as Otoku |
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Kōkichi Takada as Fukusuke Nakamura |
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu as Matsusuke Onoue |
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Gonjurô Kawarazaki as Kikugoro Onoue |
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Benkei Shiganoya as Masseur Genshun |
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Kikuko Hanaoka as Geisha Konaka |
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Nobuko Fushimi as Geisha Eiryu |
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Ichiro Yuki as Hotel lodger |
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Tokusaburo Arashi as Shikan Nakamura |
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Yōko Umemura as Osata |
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Ryôtarô Kawanami as Eiju Dayu |
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Jun'nosuke Hayama as Kanya Morita |
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Tamitaro Onoe as Tamizô Onoue |
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Yoshiaki Hanayagi as Tamijirô Onoue |
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Yoshie Nakagawa as Tea Shop Lady |
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Yoneko Mogami as Otsuru |
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Sumao Ishihara as Touring theatre manager Onishi |
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Kô Hirota as Touring theatre staff |
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Eijirō Hose as Touring theatre actor |
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Fujiko Shirakawa as |
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Kōmei Minami as Shintomiza manager |
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Jinichi Amano as |
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Haruo Inoue as |
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Minpei Tomimoto as |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Writing | Shôfû Muramatsu | Novel |
| Writing | Matsutarō Kawaguchi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoshikata Yoda | Screenplay |
| Production | Tadaoto Kainoshō | Researcher |
| Production | Shintarô Shirai | Producer |
| Sound | Senji Ito | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yozô Fuji | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Koshi Kawahigashi | Editor |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kisaburo Okumura | Costume Design |
| Directing | Masami Hanaoka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tazuko Sakane | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ryûichi Shikita | Sound |
| Sound | Shiro Fukai | Original Music Composer |
