THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM [ BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1939
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: In Tokyo in 1888, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adoptive son of an important actor, discovers that he is praised for his acting only because he is his father's heir, and that the troupe complains how bad he is behind his back. The only person to talk to him honestly about his acting is Otoku, the wet-nurse of his adoptive father's child. She is fired by the family, and Kikunosuke is forbidden to see her, because of the gossip a relationship with a servant would cause. Kikunosuke falls in love with Otoku, and leaves home to try to make a living on his own merits outside Tokyo. He is eventually joined by Otoku, who encourages him to become a famous actor to regain the recognition of his family.
• Cast: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Jun'nosuke Hayama, Tamitaro Onoue, Ichirô Yûki, Kômei Minami, Jinichi Amano, Haruo Inoue, Sumao Ishihara, Kô Hirota, Minpei Tomimoto, Eijirô Hose, Nobuko Fushimi, Kikuko Hanaoka, Fujiko Shirakawa, Yoneko Mogami, Yoshie Nakagawa, Hisayo Nishi, Junko Kagami, Hisano Yamato, Haruko Tagawa, Atsuko Shibata, Fumiko Akimoto, Mitsue Kuniharu, Kimiko Shirotae, Gonjurô Kawarazaki, Kakuko Mori, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Benkei Shiganoya, Haruko Yanagido, Makoto Matsushita, Akira Shima, Hideo Nakagawa, Kitada Hiroshi, Kiyoshi Makino, Kazuyoshi Tachibana, Akio Isono, Tokusaburo Arashi, Yôko Umemura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Shôfû Muramatsu, Yoshikata Yoda, Shintarô Shirai, Yozô Fuji, Minoru Miki, Koshi Kawahigashi, Shirô Fukai, Senji Itô, Ryûichi Shikita, Hiroshi Mizutani
• Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
• Runtime: 2:23
• Company: Shochiku Co. Ltd, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie