The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018)
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.
Director:
Takahisa Zeze
Writers:
Toranosuke Aizawa, Takahisa Zeze.
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Mai Kiryu as Tomoyo Hanakiku |
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Hanae Kan as Tamae Tokachigawa |
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Masahiro Higashide as Tetsu Nakahama |
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Kanichiro as Daijiro Furuta |
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Yoko Kamon as Mitsu Tamatsubaki |
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Maki Maehara as Tsune Umenosato |
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Ai Nishina as Maki Wakanishiki |
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Yuki Tashiro as Matsu Hagurosakura |
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Kanako Mochida as Yoshi Kotenryu |
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Miho Harita as Ushi Yonaguni |
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Maho Yamada as Haru Kozakura |
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Ayaka Onishi as Katsu Katsutora |
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Misa Wada as Kiyo Hideriyama |
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Jun Seno as Sen Mogamigawa |
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Kaho Harada as 2 generation Kozakura |
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Gôichi Mine as Sanji |
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Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Tamasaburo Iwaki |
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Ryo Ikeda as Kozo Kawai |
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Tomoki Kimura as Maichi Naka |
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Kaoru Iida as Yoshio Ogawa |
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Ryuju Kobayashi as Yunoshin Tanaka |
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Taiga Komizu as Jiro Konishi |
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Kuu Izima as Gentaro Uchida |
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Ryunosuke Azuma as Eikichi Shigeno |
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Toshimitsu Kokido as Sakae Osugi |
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Takashi Yamanaka as Kyutaro Wada |
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Arata Iura as Genjiro Muraki |
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Shima Onishi as Daigoro Iioka |
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Sankichi Kawamoto as Sakichi |
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Haruki Takano as Kichiji |
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Kyusaku Shimada as Hanbee Tanaka |
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Kensaku Watanabe as Mizushima |
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Shohei Uno as Kazuo Morimoto |
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Takuji Suzuki as Sakanauri no Otoya |
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Tatsushi Ōmori as Matsutaro Shoriki |
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Atsushi Shinohara as Sadao |
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Shun Sugata as Maruman, Police Chief |
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Yohta Kawase as Kantaro Sakata, the Sponsor |
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Zenki Aramaki as Keiji Kurachi |
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Masatoshi Nagase as Narrator |
| Editing | Ryo Hayano | Editor |
| Camera | Atsuhiro Nabeshima | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Toranosuke Aizawa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Takahisa Zeze | Director |
| Writing | Takahisa Zeze | Screenplay |
| Production | Kazunao Sakaguchi | Producer |
| Production | Miyuki Takamatsu | Producer |
| Directing | Shinpei Yamasaki | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Shinya Takada | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Goro Yasukawa | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Emiko Tsuyuki | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Noriko Mashiba | Costumer |
| Art | Hideshi Nakagomi | Decorator |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Tateishi | VFX Supervisor |
| Lighting | Tsuyoshi Kage | Gaffer |
| Production | Tatsuya Banno | Production Assistant |
| Production | Rei Sakamoto | Line Producer |
| Production | Tomoya Yamada | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Atsushi Unno | Assistant Director |
| Production | Keizo Fujikawa | Producer |