Synopsis

Late Chrysanthemums (1954)

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.
Mikio Naruse, Masayoshi Kawanishi
Haruko Sugimura, Sadako Sawamura, Chikako Hosokawa, Yūko Mochizuki, Ken Uehara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ineko Arima, Bontarō Miake, Daisuke Katō, Haruna Kaburagi, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Yaeko Izumo, Tsuruko Mano, Toshiko Nakano, Takuzō Kumagai, Masayoshi Kawabe, Akira Tani, Sonosuke Sawamura
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