Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

"Bristling with passion, Mizoguchi's film is a true find: a heartbreaker to end them all...Justif[ies] its reputation as the peak of Mizoguchi's filmmaking"--TIME OUT A moving tale that explores love and social class, Story of the Last Chrysanthemums follows a privileged young Kabuki actor who disavows his acting troupe family for the love of his younger brother’s nurse. (142 mins., 35mm)