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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgCgIuV-B4o
This achingly gorgeous emotional epic from the incomparable Kenji Mizoguchi is one of the triumphs of Japanese cinema. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum follows the journey of a young actor who breaks away from his wealthy kabuki troupe family to marry his parents’ former servant; cruelly estranged, he and his wife descend into poverty and disillusionment on society’s margins. Featuring the kind of delicate yet dexterous camera movements for which Mizoguchi would forever be known, this patiently observed nineteenth-century drama is a poignant tale of tragedy and redemption and is a moving depiction of the potency of love in the face of rigid social strictures. Description by Janus Films. (Dir.: Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1939, 143 min., b&w, DCP, Japanese with English subtitles) Image courtesy of Janus Films |
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