Late Chrysanthemums
Bangiku
1954, Film, 101 min, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 68
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.
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Cast
- Haruko Sugimura as Kin
- Ken Uehara as Tabe
- Sadako Sawamura as Nobu
- Chikako Hosokawa as Tamae
- Yūko Mochizuki as Tomi
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Kiyoshi
- Ineko Arima as Sachiko
- Bontarō Miake as Seki
- Sônosuke Sawamura as Sentaro
- Daisuke Katō as Itaya
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