Movie: Late Chrysanthemums

Top 10 Billed Cast

Haruko Sugimura
杉村春子

Kin

Sadako Sawamura
沢村貞子

Nobu

Chikako Hosokawa
細川ちか子

Tamae

Yūko Mochizuki
望月優子

Tomi

Ken Uehara
上原謙

Tabe

Hiroshi Koizumi
小泉博

Kiyoshi

Ineko Arima
有馬稲子

Sachiko

Bontarō Miake
見明凡太朗

Seki

Daisuke Katō
加東大介

Itaya

Haruna Kaburagi
鏑木ハルナ

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    With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.

  • Release Date

    1954-06-15

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    日本語
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