Late Chrysanthemums (1954)

Original title

晩菊

Directed by

Mikio Naruse

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four retired geisha try to get by in Tokyo after World War II. They deal with money problems, loneliness, and difficult relationships from their past.

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What happens

Late Chrysanthemums (晩菊, Bangiku) is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse and starring Haruko Sugimura, Chikako Hosokawa, Yūko Mochizuki and Sadako Sawamura. It was written by Sumie Tanaka, based on three short stories by Fumiko Hayashi, and follows four retired geisha and their struggles to persevere in post World War II Tokyo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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