The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Jul 07 2018
•3h 9m
•Drama, History
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
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Mai Kiryu
Tomoyo Hanakiku
Hanae Kan
Tamae Tokachigawa
Masahiro Higashide
Tetsu Nakahama
Kanichiro Sato
Daijiro Furuta
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