The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

菊とギロチン

🇯🇵 Japan

Release date: July 7, 2018 · 189 min · ★ 6.2

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Directed by Takahisa Zeze

Written by Takahisa Zeze, Toranosuke Aizawa

User rating: ★ 6.2; 9 votes
Popularity: 1.6
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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.

Awards

2018 Mainichi Film AwardsExcellence Award
2018 Kinema Junpo Best TenBest Director— 瀬々敬久
2018 Kinema Junpo Best TenBest Screenplay— 相澤虎之助
2018 Kinema Junpo Best TenBest New Actress— 木竜麻生
2018 Kinema Junpo Best TenBest New Actor— 寛一郎

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Cast

Mai Kiryu

Best New Actress

Tomoyo Hanakiku

Hanae Kan

Tamae Tokachigawa

Masahiro Higashide

Tetsu Nakahama

Kanichiro

Best New Actor

Daijiro Furuta

Yoko Kamon

Mitsu Tamatsubaki

Maki Maehara

Tsune Umenosato

Ai Nishina

Maki Wakanishiki

Yuki Tashiro

Matsu Hagurosakura

Kanako Mochida

Yoshi Kotenryu

Miho Harita

Ushi Yonaguni

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