The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

ALL 10/13/1939 (ja) Romance, Drama 144 Min
  • Release
    10/13/1939
  • Production
    Shochiku
  • Rotten tomato
    79%
  • Original title
    残菊物語
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, 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 follows him.

  1. Kenji Mizoguchi

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Shintarô Shirai

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Shōtarō Hanayagi

    Kikunosuke Onoue

  2. Kōkichi Takada

    Fukusuke Nakamura

  3. Gonjurô Kawarazaki

    Kikugoro Onoue

  4. Kakuko Mori

    Otoku

  5. Tokusaburo Arashi

    Shikan Nakamura

  6. Yōko Umemura

    Osata

  7. Ryôtarô Kawanami

    Eiju Dayu

  8. Kinnosuke Takamatsu

    Matsusuke Onoue

  9. Jun'nosuke Hayama

    Kanya Morita

  10. Tamitaro Onoe

    Tamizô Onoue

  11. Yoshiaki Hanayagi

    Tamijirô Onoue

  12. Nobuko Fushimi

    Geisha Eiryu

  13. Kikuko Hanaoka

    Geisha Konaka

  14. Yoshie Nakagawa

    Tea Shop Lady

  15. Benkei Shiganoya

    Masseur Genshun

  16. Yoneko Mogami

    Otsuru

  17. Sumao Ishihara

    Touring theatre manager Onishi

  18. Kô Hirota

    Touring theatre staff

  19. Eijirō Hose

    Touring theatre actor

  20. Ichiro Yuki

    Hotel lodger

  21. Fujiko Shirakawa

  22. Kōmei Minami

    Shintomiza manager

  23. Jinichi Amano

  24. Haruo Inoue

  25. Minpei Tomimoto

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 25 , Crews : 16

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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) 144 Min

ALL 10/13/1939 (ja)
Romance, Drama
  • Release 10/13/1939
  • Production
    Shochiku
  • Original title 残菊物語
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, 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 follows him.

  1. Kenji Mizoguchi

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Koshi Kawahigashi

    Editor

  4. Shintarô Shirai

    Producer