Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
Bangiku
101 min
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days coldly collecting debts. Even her best friends, fellow Geisha Tomi, Nobu, and Tamae, are now indebted to her. For all of them, the glamour of their young lives has passed; Tomi and Tamae have disappointing children. Kin has two former lovers who still pursue her; one she wants to see, and the other she doesn't. But even the one she remembers fondly, when he shows up, proves less than satisfactory.
- Release date
- June 15, 1954
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
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Criterion Channel
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Cast
- 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
- Daisuke Katō as Itaya
- Haruna Kaburagi
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi
- Yaeko Izumo
- Tsuruko Mano
- Takuzô Kumagai
- Akira Tani
- Sônosuke Sawamura as Sentaro
- Bontarō Miake as Seki
Crew
- Mikio Naruse · Director
- Fumiko Hayashi · Writer
- Sumie Tanaka · Writer
- Toshirō Ide · Writer
- Sanezumi Fujimoto · Producer
- Ichirō Saitō · Composer
- Masao Tamai · Cinematographer
- Eiji Ooi · Editor
- Satoru Chûko · Production designer