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She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

7.019551h 33mMovieRomanceDrama

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
WriterKeisuke Kinoshita
ProducerKôzô Kubo

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Cast · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

NA
Noriko Arita
Tamiko
ST
Shinji Tanaka
Masao, as a teenager
CRChishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Masao - Age 73
TTTakahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
HSHaruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Masao's mother
KYKeiko Yukishiro
Keiko Yukishiro
Tamiko's older sister
KM
Kazuko Motohashi
Tamiko's Mother
KUKumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe
Grandmother
KM
Kappei Matsumoto
NTNobuo Takagi
Nobuo Takagi
Tamiko's father
TKToshiko Kobayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi

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