The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018)
• July 7th, 2018 • 3h 9min
Drama, History
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.
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