30 Apr 2010
Please Give
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Late Chrysanthemums
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
Top Billed Cast
杉村春子 Kin
沢村貞子 Nobu
細川ちか子 Tamae
望月優子 Tomi
上原謙 Tabe
小泉博 Kiyoshi
有馬稲子 Sachiko
見明凡太朗 Seki
加東大介 Itaya
鏑木ハルナ 
坪内美子 出雲八重子 馬野都留子 Toshiko Nakano 
熊谷卓三 Masayoshi Kawabe 谷晃 
二代目 澤村宗之助 Sentaro
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