Film

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum 1939

144 min TMDB 7.8 Romance Drama

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

  • Shōtarō Hanayagi as Kikunosuke Onoue
  • Kakuko Mori as Otoku
  • Kōkichi Takada as Fukusuke Nakamura
  • Kinnosuke Takamatsu as Matsusuke Onoue
  • Gonjurô Kawarazaki as Kikugoro Onoue
  • Benkei Shiganoya as Masseur Genshun

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