Late Chrysanthemums

Late Chrysanthemums — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 101 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Mikio Naruse

Late Chrysanthemums — Cast

Haruko Sugimura Kin Sadako Sawamura Nobu Chikako Hosokawa Tamae Yūko Mochizuki Tomi Ken Uehara Tabe Hiroshi Koizumi Kiyoshi Ineko Arima Sachiko Bontarō Miake Seki