The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018)

6.2/10 • 189 min • 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.

Cast

Mai Kiryu

Tomoyo Hanakiku

Hanae Kan

Tamae Tokachigawa

Masahiro Higashide

Kanichiro

Yoko Kamon

Mitsu Tamatsubaki

Ai Nishina

Maki Wakanishiki

Kanako Mochida

Miho Harita

Maho Yamada

Ayaka Onishi

Katsu Katsutora

Misa Wada

Kiyo Hideriyama

Gôichi Mine

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Tamasaburo Iwaki

Ryo Ikeda

Tomoki Kimura

Kaoru Iida

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