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Late Chrysanthemums (1954)

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 pursue her; one she wants to see, and the other she doesn't. But even the one she remembers fondly, when he shows up, proves less than satisfactory.

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Top billed cast

Haruko SugimuraKin
Sadako SawamuraNobu
Chikako HosokawaTamae
Yūko MochizukiTomi
Ken UeharaTabe
Hiroshi KoizumiKiyoshi
Ineko ArimaSachiko
Bontarō MiakeSeki
Daisuke KatōItaya
Haruna Kaburagi

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