The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

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Overview

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

Mai Kiryu

Tomoyo Hanakiku

Hanae Kan

Tamae Tokachigawa

Masahiro Higashide

Tetsu Nakahama

Kanichiro

Daijiro Furuta

Yoko Kamon

Mitsu Tamatsubaki

M

Maki Maehara

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