The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, 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 joins him.

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  Kenji Mizoguchi
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  Masami Hanaoka
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  Tazuko Sakane

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  Shōtarō Hanayagi
  Kikunosuke Onoue
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  Kakuko Mori
  Otoku
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  Kōkichi Takada
  Fukusuke Nakamura
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  Kinnosuke Takamatsu
  Matsusuke Onoue
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  Gonjurô Kawarazaki
  Kikugoro Onoue
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  Benkei Shiganoya
  Masseur Genshun
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  Kikuko Hanaoka
  Geisha Konaka
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  Nobuko Fushimi
  Geisha Eiryu
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  Ichiro Yuki
  Hotel lodger
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  Tokusaburo Arashi
  Shikan Nakamura
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  Yōko Umemura
  Osata
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  Ryôtarô Kawanami
  Eiju Dayu
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  Jun'nosuke Hayama
  Kanya Morita
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  Tamitaro Onoe
  Tamizô Onoue
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  Yoshiaki Hanayagi
  Tamijirô Onoue
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  Yoshie Nakagawa
  Tea Shop Lady
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  Yoneko Mogami
  Otsuru
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  Sumao Ishihara
  Touring theatre manager Onishi
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  Kô Hirota
  Touring theatre staff
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  Eijirō Hose
  Touring theatre actor