Late Chrysanthemums
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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.
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Cast
18 people
Haruko Sugimura
Kin
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Sadako Sawamura
Nobu
Known for
Good Morning
Street of Shame
Chikako Hosokawa
Tamae
Known for
Profound Desires of the Gods
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Yūko Mochizuki
Tomi
Known for
The Ballad of Narayama
Kwaidan
Ken Uehara
Tabe
Known for
Repast
Mothra
Hiroshi Koizumi
Kiyoshi
Known for
Godzilla Raids Again
Mothra
Ineko Arima
Sachiko
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Bontarō Miake
Seki
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Street of Shame
Daisuke Katō
Itaya
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Haruna Kaburagi
Also in
Floating Clouds
Elegy
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Known for
Late Spring
The Only Son
Yaeko Izumo
Known for
Repast
Mikio Naruse Director · Fumiko Hayashi Story Ichirō Saitō Composer
First release June 15, 1954 · Produced in Japan · Original title 晩菊
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
晩菊
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 15, 1954
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
May 13, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Mikio Naruse (Moscow)
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