JAPAN · 1954

Late Chrysanthemums

Mikio Naruse
Japanese Golden Age aging and obsolescence female friendship economic hardship debt and money lending regret and lost youth
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What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days coldly collecting debts. Even her best friends, fellow Geisha Tomi, Nobu, and Tamae, are now indebted to her. For all of them, the glamour of their young lives has passed; Tomi and Tamae have disappointing children. Kin has two former lovers who still

Year1954
CountryJapan
DirectorMikio Naruse
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