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The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

189 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

07 July 2018

Country

Japan

Cast

Mai Kiryu

Mai Kiryu

Tomoyo Hanakiku

Hanae Kan

Hanae Kan

Tamae Tokachigawa

Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide

Tetsu Nakahama

Kanichiro Sato

Kanichiro Sato

Daijiro Furuta

Yôko Kamon

Yôko Kamon

Mitsu Tamatsubaki

Maki Maehara

Maki Maehara

Tsune Umenosato

Ai Nishina

Ai Nishina

Maki Wakanishiki

Yuki Tashiro

Yuki Tashiro

Matsu Hagurosakura

Kanako Mochida

Kanako Mochida

Yoshi Kotenryu

Miho Harita

Miho Harita

Ushi Yonaguni

Maho Yamada

Maho Yamada

Haru Kozakura

Ayaka Onishi

Ayaka Onishi

Katsu Katsutora

Misa Wada

Misa Wada

Kiyo Hideriyama

Jun Seno

Jun Seno

Sen Mogamigawa

Kaho Harada

Kaho Harada

2 generation Kozakura

Gôichi Mine

Gôichi Mine

Sanji

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Tamasaburo Iwaki

Ryo Ikeda

Ryo Ikeda

Kozo Kawai

Tomokoi Kimura

Tomokoi Kimura

Maichi Naka

Kaoru Iida

Kaoru Iida

Yoshio Ogawa

Ryuju Kobayashi

Ryuju Kobayashi

Yunoshin Tanaka

Taiga Komizu

Taiga Komizu

Jiro Konishi

Kuu Izima

Kuu Izima

Gentaro Uchida

Ryunosuke Azuma

Ryunosuke Azuma

Eikichi Shigeno

Toshimitsu Kokido

Toshimitsu Kokido

Sakae Osugi

Takashi Yamanaka

Takashi Yamanaka

Kyutaro Wada

Arata Iura

Arata Iura

Genjiro Muraki

Shima Onishi

Shima Onishi

Daigoro Iioka

Sankichi Kawamoto

Sankichi Kawamoto

Sakichi

Haruki Takano

Haruki Takano

Kichiji

Kyūsaku Shimada

Kyūsaku Shimada

Hanbee Tanaka

Kensaku Watanabe

Kensaku Watanabe

Mizushima

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Kazuo Morimoto

Takuji Suzuki

Takuji Suzuki

Sakanauri no Otoya

Tatsushi Ōmori

Tatsushi Ōmori

Matsutaro Shoriki

Atsushi Shinohara

Atsushi Shinohara

Sadao

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Maruman, Police Chief

Yohta Kawase

Yohta Kawase

Kantaro Sakata, the Sponsor

Zenki Aramaki

Zenki Aramaki

Keiji Kurachi

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Narrator

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