The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

2018 6.2 (9 votes) 3h 9m

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Genres

Drama History

Production Companies

Stance Company
Kokuei Company

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (菊とギロチン)

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Takahisa Zeze, Toranosuke Aizawa

Director: Takahisa Zeze

Producer: Miyuki Takamatsu, Kazunao Sakaguchi

Director of Photography: Atsuhiro Nabeshima

Top 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

Videos

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