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The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

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Relocated after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, two female sumo wrestlers catch the fancy of a couple of members of an anarchist group.
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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography 09/27/2020
With his narrative, Zeze movingly reveals that the ground for true revolution should be love and its goal the realization of that place where a woman can realize her agency as subject. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Film Vault 12/01/2019
"The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine" has its faults, mostly deriving from its duration, but in the end, it is a film that the viewer can enjoy, as both its arcs and their mixture is interesting, meaningful and entertaining. Go to Full Review Mark Schilling Japan Times 07/11/2018
3/5
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. I'm not sure if Takahisa Zeze knows this phrase but it applies to the heroes of his new film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Takahisa Zeze

Director

Masatoshi Nagase

Narrator

Mai Kiryu

Actor

Masahiro Higashide

Actor

Kanichiro

Actor

Hanae Kan

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Synopsis Relocated after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, two female sumo wrestlers catch the fancy of a couple of members of an anarchist group.
Director
Takahisa Zeze
Producer
Kazunao Sakaguchi, Eisuke Ishige, Hirotaka Asano, Keizo Fujikawa
Screenwriter
Toranosuke Aizawa, Takahisa Zeze
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
3h 9m
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