
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum ( 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.
Top Cast

Shōtarō Hanayagi
Kikunosuke Onoue

Kakuko Mori
Otoku

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

Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha Konaka

Nobuko Fushimi
Geisha Eiryu

Ichiro Yuki
Hotel lodger
Tokusaburo Arashi
Shikan Nakamura

Yōko Umemura
Osata
Ryôtarô Kawanami
Eiju Dayu
Jun'nosuke Hayama
Kanya Morita
Tamitaro Onoe
Tamizô Onoue
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Tamijirô Onoue

Yoshie Nakagawa
Tea Shop Lady
Yoneko Mogami
Otsuru
Sumao Ishihara
Touring theatre manager Onishi
Kô Hirota
Touring theatre staff
Eijirō Hose
Touring theatre actor
Fujiko Shirakawa

Kōmei Minami
Shintomiza manager
Jinichi Amano
Haruo Inoue
Minpei Tomimoto
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