Late Chrysanthemums
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Haruko Sugimura, Sadako Sawamura, Chikako Hosokawa, Yūko Mochizuki, Ken Uehara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ineko Arima, Bontarō Miake, Daisuke Katō, Haruna Kaburagi, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Yaeko Izumo, Tsuruko Mano
Crew: Mikio Naruse (Director), Sumie Tanaka (Adaptation), Sanezumi Fujimoto (Producer), Toshirō Ide (Adaptation), Teruo Maki (Production Manager)