The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939In 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.
Acted in
Shōtarō Hanayagi
as Kikunosuke Onoue
Kōkichi Takada
as Fukusuke Nakamura
Gonjurô Kawarazaki
as Kikugoro Onoue
Kakuko Mori
as Otoku
Tokusaburo Arashi
as Shikan Nakamura
Yōko Umemura
as Osata
Ryôtarô Kawanami
as Eiju Dayu
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
as Matsusuke Onoue
Jun'nosuke Hayama
as Kanya Morita
Tamitaro Onoe
as Tamizô Onoue
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
as Tamijirô Onoue
Nobuko Fushimi
as Geisha Eiryu
Kikuko Hanaoka
as Geisha Konaka
Yoshie Nakagawa
as Tea Shop Lady
Benkei Shiganoya
as Masseur Genshun
Yoneko Mogami
as Otsuru
Sumao Ishihara
as Touring theatre manager Onishi
Kô Hirota
as Touring theatre staff
Eijirō Hose
as Touring theatre actor
Ichiro Yuki
as Hotel lodger
Fujiko Shirakawa
Kōmei Minami
as Shintomiza manager
Jinichi Amano
Haruo Inoue
Minpei Tomimoto