07 July 2018 Drama, History 189 mins
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.
Watch the official The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine 2018 trailer in HD below.
Mai Kiryu as Tomoyo Hanakiku
Hanae Kan as Tamae Tokachigawa
Masahiro Higashide as Tetsu Nakahama
Kanichiro Sato as Daijiro Furuta
Yôko Kamon as Mitsu Tamatsubaki
Maki Maehara as Tsune Umenosato
Ai Nishina as Maki Wakanishiki
Yuki Tashiro as Matsu Hagurosakura
Kanako Mochida as Yoshi Kotenryu
Miho Harita as Ushi Yonaguni
Maho Yamada as Haru Kozakura
Ayaka Onishi as Katsu Katsutora
Misa Wada as Kiyo Hideriyama
Jun Seno as Sen Mogamigawa
Kaho Harada as 2 generation Kozakura
Gôichi Mine as Sanji
Takahisa Zeze Screenplay
Toranosuke Aizawa Screenplay
Takahisa Zeze Director
Miyuki Takamatsu Producer
Atsuhiro Nabeshima Director of Photography
Kazunao Sakaguchi Producer
Ryo Hayano Editor
Shinpei Yamasaki Assistant Director
Shinya Takada Sound Recordist
Emiko Tsuyuki Production Design
Goro Yasukawa Original Music Composer
Masaru Tateishi VFX Supervisor
Tsuyoshi Kage Gaffer
Rei Sakamoto Line Producer
Atsushi Unno Assistant Director
菊とギロチン Trailer
Kiku to girochin Trailer
국화와 단두대 Trailer
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine Trailer
France 19 January 2019
Japan 07 July 2018
Korea 05 October 2018
United States 28 October 2019
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