The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Overview
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.
Cast
Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue
Kakuko Mori
Otoku
Kōkichi Takada
Fukusuke Nakamura
Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka
Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu
Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger
Yōko Umemura
Osata
Yoshie Nakagawa
Tea Shop LadyRecommendations
The Sleeping Dictionary
Endless Love
Floating Clouds
A Jazzman's Blues
Radiance
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Kokuho
Even If This Love Disappears Tonight
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Double Suicide
Family Romance, LLC
The Go-Between
See You Soon
It Feels So Good
Revenge Porn: PAIN OF LOVE
In the Realm of the Senses
Memoirs of a Geisha
Blind
Love and Honor
Maria's Lovers