The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018)

07/07/2018 (JP) • 3h 9m

Drama, History

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.

Top Billed Cast

Mai Kiryu

Tomoyo Hanakiku

Hanae Kan

Tamae Tokachigawa

Masahiro Higashide

Tetsu Nakahama

Kanichiro Sato

Daijiro Furuta

Yôko Kamon

Mitsu Tamatsubaki

Maki Maehara

Tsune Umenosato

Ai Nishina

Maki Wakanishiki

Yuki Tashiro

Matsu Hagurosakura

Kanako Mochida

Yoshi Kotenryu


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

anarchist

sumo

taisho

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