She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
Original title: 野菊の如き君なりき
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum is a 1955 Japanese-language romance movie directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, with a running time of 1h 33m. It stars Noriko Arita, Shinji Tanaka and Chishū Ryū.
On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.
Where to watch She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Noriko Arita as Tamiko
- Shinji Tanaka as Masao, as a teenager
- Chishū Ryū as Masao - Age 73
- Takahiro Tamura
- Haruko Sugimura as Masao's mother
- Keiko Yukishiro as Tamiko's older sister
- Kazuko Motohashi as Tamiko's Mother
- Kumeko Urabe as Grandmother
- Kappei Matsumoto
- Nobuo Takagi as Tamiko's father
- Toshiko Kobayashi