Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
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.
Released: Jun 15, 1954
Runtime: 101 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Haruko Sugimura, Sadako Sawamura, Chikako Hosokawa, Yūko Mochizuki, Ken Uehara, Hiroshi Koizumi
Crew: Sumie Tanaka (Adaptation), Mikio Naruse (Director), Toshirō Ide (Adaptation), Sanezumi Fujimoto (Producer), Masao Tamai (Director of Photography), Eiji Ooi (Editor)