Late Chrysanthemums
1954With 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.
Acted in
Haruko Sugimura
as Kin
Sadako Sawamura
as Nobu
Chikako Hosokawa
as Tamae
Yūko Mochizuki
as Tomi
Ken Uehara
as Tabe
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Kiyoshi
Ineko Arima
as Sachiko
Bontarō Miake
as Seki
Daisuke Katō
as Itaya
Haruna Kaburagi
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yaeko Izumo
Tsuruko Mano
Toshiko Nakano
Takuzō Kumagai
Masayoshi Kawabe
Akira Tani
Sonosuke Sawamura
as Sentaro