Late Chrysanthemums

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her money, and has become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days cold-heartedly collecting debts. Even her best friends, Tomi, Nobu, and Tamae, who were her fellow Geisha, are now indebted to her. For all of them, the glamor of their young lives has passed; Tomi and Tamae have children, but their children have disappointed them. 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 to be a disappointment.

Haruko Sugimura

Kin

Sadako Sawamura

Nobu

Chikako Hosokawa

Tamae

Yūko Mochizuki

Tomi

Ken Uehara

Tabe

Hiroshi Koizumi

Kiyoshi

Ineko Arima

Sachiko

Bontarō Miake

Seki

Daisuke Katō

Itaya

Haruna Kaburagi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yaeko Izumo

Tsuruko Mano

Toshiko Nakano

Takuzō Kumagai

Masayoshi Kawabe

Akira Tani

Sonosuke Sawamura

Sentaro