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Late Chrysanthemums is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Mikio Naruse with Haruko Sugimura
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
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Add to a movie listLate Chrysanthemums (晩菊, Bangiku) 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".
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Kin, the first of the geisha, is consumed by the idea of wealth. As a moneylender, she is an embittered businesswoman who is insistent upon being repaid by her former geisha sisters, Tamae and Tomi. She is the love interest of a former soldier in Manchuria, Seki, who was sent to jail after trying to commit suicide with her many years ago. He returns to try to borrow money from her, but is quickly turned away. In the end, he is sent back to jail for a money-related crime. Kin then becomes excited when she hears that Tabe, her former patron and lover, is returning. However, she becomes furious after realizing that he does not love her, but rather just wants to borrow her money as well. She kicks him out and burns his photograph to erase his memory. In the end, she leaves the city on a search for property to buy.Actors
Haruko Sugimura
(Kin)
Yūko Mochizuki
(Tomi)
Sadako Sawamura
(Nobu)
Ken Uehara
(Tabe)
Chikako Hosokawa
(Tamae)
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