The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2019)

  • NR
  • 10/28/2019 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 3h 9m

Overview

In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.

Toranosuke Aizawa

Screenplay

Takahisa Zeze

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Mai Kiryu's headshot

Mai Kiryu

Tomoyo Hanakiku
Hanae Kan's headshot

Hanae Kan

Tamae Tokachigawa
Masahiro Higashide's headshot

Masahiro Higashide

Tetsu Nakahama
Kanichiro Sato's headshot

Kanichiro Sato

Daijiro Furuta
Yôko Kamon's headshot

Yôko Kamon

Mitsu Tamatsubaki
Maki Maehara's headshot

Maki Maehara

Tsune Umenosato
Ai Nishina's headshot

Ai Nishina

Maki Wakanishiki
Yuki Tashiro's headshot

Yuki Tashiro

Matsu Hagurosakura

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