残菊物語 · 1939

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

Kenji Mizoguchi · 144 min · Japan

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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Production companies

Shochiku

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Setting

Tokio

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Cast

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  Shōtarō Hanayagi

  Kikunosuke Onoue

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  Kakuko Mori

  Otoku

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  Kōkichi Takada

  Fukusuke Nakamura

• Kinnosuke Takamatsu

  Matsusuke Onoue

• Gonjurô Kawarazaki

  Kikugoro Onoue

• Benkei Shiganoya

  Masseur Genshun

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  Kikuko Hanaoka

  Geisha Konaka

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  Nobuko Fushimi

  Geisha Eiryu