The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
movie

Released October 13, 1939
Overview
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, 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 follows him.
Cast

Shōtarō Hanayagi
as
Kikunosuke Onoue

Kakuko Mori
as
Otoku

Kōkichi Takada
as
Fukusuke Nakamura
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu
as
Matsusuke Onoue
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Gonjurô Kawarazaki
as
Kikugoro Onoue
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Benkei Shiganoya
as
Masseur Genshun

Kikuko Hanaoka
as
Geisha Konaka

Nobuko Fushimi
as
Geisha Eiryu

Ichiro Yuki
as
Hotel lodger
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Tokusaburo Arashi
as
Shikan Nakamura

Yōko Umemura
as
Osata
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Ryôtarô Kawanami
as
Eiju Dayu
Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi
as
Director
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Shôfû Muramatsu
as
Novel
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Matsutarō Kawaguchi
as
Screenplay

Yoshikata Yoda
as
Screenplay
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Tadaoto Kainoshō
as
Researcher
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Shintarô Shirai
as
Producer
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Senji Ito
as
Original Music Composer
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Yozô Fuji
as
Director of Photography
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Shigeto Miki
as
Director of Photography
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Koshi Kawahigashi
as
Editor
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Hiroshi Mizutani
as
Production Design
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Kisaburo Okumura
as
Costume Design