The Story of the Late Chrysanthemum

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The Story of the Late Chrysanthemum ★★★ ½ 1939

Classic drama about the son of a Kabuki actor who falls in love with a servant girl against his father's wishes. Their doomed affair is the center of the plot. Acclaimed and sensitive drama, in Japanese with English subtitles. 115m/B VHS . JP Shotaro Hanayagi, Kakuo Mori, Kokichi Takada, Gonjuro Kawarazaki, Yoko Umemura; D: Kenji Mizoguchi.

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