BANGIKU (1954)

Film details

Featuring

Haruko Sugimura Ken Uehara Sadako Sawamura
Director

Mikio Naruse
Country

Japan
Year

1954
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS Alternative

Synopsis

Three short stories have been linked to create a narrative involving four middle aged women who worked together as geisha before the war. They are aware of their fading beauty and struggle to make themselevs attractive.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Kin Kurahashi
    
    Haruko Sugimura
  - Tabe
    
    Ken Uehara
  - Nobu
    
    Sadako Sawamura
  - Tamae
    
    Chikako Hosokawa
  - Tomi
    
    Yûko Mochizuki
  - Kiyoshi
    
    Hiroshi Koizumi
  - Sachiko
    
    Ineko Arima
  - Seki
    
    Bontarô Miyake
  - Sentaro
    
    Sônosuke Sawamura
  - Itaya
    
    Daisuke Katô
  - Shizuko
    
    Haruna Kaburagi
  - cast member
    
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
  - cast member
    
    Yaeko Izumo
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Mikio Naruse
  - Assistant Director
    
    Kawanishi, Masayoshi
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Toho Co. Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Sanezumi Fujimoto
  - Producer
    
    Masao Tamai
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Sumie Tanaka
  - Screenplay
    
    Toshirô Ide
  - Based on three short stories by
    
    Fumiko Hayashi
  Photography:
  - Lighting
    
    Choshiro Ishii
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Eiji Ooi
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Satoshi Chûko
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Ichirô Saitô
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Hisashi Shimonaga

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