The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
• October 13th, 1939 • 2h 24min
Romance, Drama
Overview
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Mouchette
Released on: 1967-03-28
Drama
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism...
The Bridge
Released on: 1959-10-21
Drama, History, War
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning...
Raging Bull
Released on: 1980-11-14
Drama
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destro...
Copying Beethoven
Released on: 2006-09-10
Drama
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It ...
The Double Life of Véronique
Released on: 1991-05-15
Drama, Fantasy
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in P...
Day for Night
Released on: 1973-05-24
Comedy, Drama
A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises,...
The Silence of the Lambs
Released on: 1991-02-14
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to int...
Notorious
Released on: 1946-08-21
Thriller, Romance, Mystery
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman,...
Rome, Open City
Released on: 1945-10-08
Drama, War
During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis ...
The Celebration
Released on: 1998-06-19
Drama
The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the ...
Harold and Maude
Released on: 1971-12-20
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery o...
A Daughter of the Sea
Released on: 1915-11-22
Drama
Margot, the motherless daughter of a New England fisherman, dreams of a better life. After rescuing ...
Seven Samurai
Released on: 1954-04-26
Action, Drama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
12 Angry Men
Released on: 1957-04-10
Drama
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a...
Y Tu Mamá También
Released on: 2001-06-08
Drama, Romance
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or...
Mirror
Released on: 1975-03-07
Drama, History
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
Stalker
Released on: 1979-05-25
Science Fiction, Drama
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the...
Anna and the King
Released on: 1999-12-16
Drama, Romance, History
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...
Curse of the Golden Flower
Released on: 2006-12-14
Action, Drama, Fantasy
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife...
Down by Law
Released on: 1986-09-20
Crime, Drama, Comedy
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.