The story of the last chrysanthemum : Zangiku monogatari /
When Kikunosuke, a mediocre actor from a famous Kabuki family, falls in love with a maid, he is cast out. The faithful Otoku supports her husband as he struggles to perfect his art. In the end, she is quite ill, yet willing to leave her husband so that he may take his rightful place at the head of t...
| Uniform Title: | Zangiku monogatari. |
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| Corporate Authors: | , , |
| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with English subtitles. |
| Published: |
Chicago, Ill. :
Home Vision Cinema,
[1997]
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| Series: | Japanese classic collection.
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| Summary: | When Kikunosuke, a mediocre actor from a famous Kabuki family, falls in love with a maid, he is cast out. The faithful Otoku supports her husband as he struggles to perfect his art. In the end, she is quite ill, yet willing to leave her husband so that he may take his rightful place at the head of the Kabuki community. |
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| Item Description: | Videocassette release of a 1939 motion picture. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Original story, Shofu Muramatsu ; adaptation, Matsutaro Kawaguchi ; screenplay, Yoshikata Yoda ; photography, Shigeto Miki ; composer, Shiro Fukai ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi ; produced by Shintaro Shirai. |
| ISBN: | 0780019156 : |