The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
189 min
Release Date
2018-07-07
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
9
Vote Average
6.2
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
Miho Harita
Ushi Yonaguni
Maho Yamada
Haru Kozakura
Ayaka Onishi
Katsu Katsutora
Misa Wada
Kiyo Hideriyama
Jun Seno
Sen Mogamigawa
Kaho Harada
2 generation Kozakura
Gôichi Mine
Sanji
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Tamasaburo Iwaki
Ryo Ikeda
Kozo Kawai
Tomokoi Kimura
Maichi Naka
Kaoru Iida
Yoshio Ogawa
Ryuju Kobayashi
Yunoshin Tanaka
Taiga Komizu
Jiro Konishi
Kuu Izima
Gentaro Uchida
Ryunosuke Azuma
Eikichi Shigeno
Toshimitsu Kokido
Sakae Osugi
Takashi Yamanaka
Kyutaro Wada
Arata Iura
Genjiro Muraki
Shima Onishi
Daigoro Iioka
Sankichi Kawamoto
Sakichi
Haruki Takano
Kichiji
Kyūsaku Shimada
Hanbee Tanaka
Kensaku Watanabe
Mizushima
Shohei Uno
Kazuo Morimoto
Takuji Suzuki
Sakanauri no Otoya
Tatsushi Ōmori
Matsutaro Shoriki
Atsushi Shinohara
Sadao
Shun Sugata
Maruman, Police Chief
Yohta Kawase
Kantaro Sakata, the Sponsor
Zenki Aramaki
Keiji Kurachi
Masatoshi Nagase
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