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Late Chrysanthemums is a 1954 film directed by Mikio Naruse. It follows four retired geisha and their struggles to make ends meet in post World War II Japan. The film is based on three short stories by female author Fumiko Hayashi, published in 1948. The story has been translated into English by Lane Dunlop and is available in the anthology "A Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese".
Original Release
06/15/1954
US Release
11/27/1985
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Haruko Sugimura | Kin |
| Ken Uehara | Tabe |
| Sadako Sawamura | Nobu |
| Chikako Hosokawa | Tamae |
| Yûko Mochizuki | Tomi |
| Hiroshi Koizumi | Kiyoshi |
| Ineko Arima | Sachiko |
| Daisuke Katô | Itaya |
| Haruna Kaburagi | Shizuko |
| Yoshiko Tsubouchi |
Directors
Writers
Fumiko Hayashi, Sumie Tanaka, Toshirô Ide
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Haruko Sugimura | Kin |
| Ken Uehara | Tabe |
| Sadako Sawamura | Nobu |
| Chikako Hosokawa | Tamae |
| Yûko Mochizuki | Tomi |
| Hiroshi Koizumi | Kiyoshi |
| Ineko Arima | Sachiko |
| Daisuke Katô | Itaya |
| Haruna Kaburagi | Shizuko |
| Yoshiko Tsubouchi | |
| Yaeko Izumo | |
| Tsuruko Mano | |
| Toshiko Nakano | |
| Takuzô Kumagai | (as Jirô Kumagai) |
| Masayoshi Kawabe | |
| Akira Tani | |
| Bontarô Miake | Seki |
| Sônosuke Sawamura | Sentaro |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
