The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

6.2

2018

3h 9m

DramaHistory

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

Director

Takahisa Zeze

Producers

Miyuki Takamatsu

Kazunao Sakaguchi

Writers

Takahisa Zeze

Toranosuke Aizawa

Cinematography

Atsuhiro Nabeshima

Music

Goro Yasukawa

Cast (40)

Mai Kiryu

Tomoyo Hanakiku

Hanae Kan

Tamae Tokachigawa

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