The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
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.
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Cast
25 people
Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue
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Kakuko Mori
Otoku
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Wakaki sugata
Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura
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Okoto and Sasuke
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Matsusuke Onoue
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A Page of Madness
Gonjurô Kawarazaki
Kikugoro Onoue
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Benkei Shiganoya
Masseur Genshun
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Sisters of the Gion
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Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka
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Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu
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Passing Fancy
Jirokichi the Rat
Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger
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Wednesday
Days of Youth
Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura
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An Actor's Revenge
The 47 Ronin
Yōko Umemura
Osata
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Sisters of the Gion
Osaka Elegy
Ryôtarô Kawanami
Eiju Dayu
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Kenji Mizoguchi Director · Matsutarō Kawaguchi Screenplay Yoshikata Yoda Screenplay
First release October 13, 1939 · Produced in Japan · Original title 残菊物語
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
残菊物語
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 13, 1939
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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