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      Late Chrysanthemums

      1954 1h 41m Drama List
      Reviews 89% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A retired geisha becomes a wealthy money-lender, collecting money with a cold heart from even her fellow geisha. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Wonderful character piece--A 'lost' masterpiece!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Four prostitutes, just stealin' your stuff, havin' a ball! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Naruse at his sublime best, with impeccable performances and camerawork. Profound and humanistic films such as this (and Renoir, Ray, Bergman) now seem to come from an altogether different age, but have lost none of their power Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I do love Naruse, but maybe I missed something about this film. All the ideas are there. It follows a groupof retired geisha, each trying to survive in the world past their prime. One has saved money and has become a scrupulous business woman. She lends money, but demands it back in a friendly, casual, but threatening way. Her old friends hold her in contempt, and believe she thinks she is better than them now. She has erased men from her life and she holds this as the reason to her success. Needless to say, some old flames soon arrive and she flirts with the idea of love once again. The film isn't bad, just very dull. I love my slow movies, but this was all talking. Everyone just says what they think, feel, and so on. It makes for a very bland movie experience. Especially when two characters spell out the films message at the end. I know this film was adapted from a number of short stories, and it kind of shows. Though these would work better bas articles. Don't start your Naruse viewing with this, as he has some incredible movies out there. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member One of Mikio Naruse's most famous films is yet again, another heartbreaker. Not a big surprise as his trademark of dabling in the area of broken relationships is in full effect here, with the incomparable Haruko Sugimura in the lead, as the aging geisha, longing for the man that left her behind years ago. But when he comes back into her life, does all mean well? Or does he have alterior motives? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't know exactly what to say about this, or what I think about it. I didn't like it at the time, it was a bit confussing but in hindsight, the retired geishas have good chemistry esp. Haruko Sugimura who just seems to get better with age! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine Late Chrysanthemums is director Mikio Naruse's most perfect film. Rated: 4/4 Mar 26, 2006 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Directed with compassion, feeling and clarity by the great Mikio Naruse. Rated: A- Apr 29, 2013 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Jul 20, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A retired geisha becomes a wealthy money-lender, collecting money with a cold heart from even her fellow geisha.
      Director
      Mikio Naruse
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      1h 41m