The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
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| Directed by | Takahisa Zeze |
| Screenplay by | Takahisa Zeze, Toranosuke Aizawa |
| Produced by | Kazunao Sakaguchi |
| Narrated by | Masatoshi Nagase |
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Running time | 189 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (Japanese: 菊とギロチン; Kiku to girochin [romanized]) is a 2018 film directed by Takahisa Zeze about women's sumo wrestling and anarchism after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.[1] The film was produced by Kazunao Sakaguchi.[2]
The film won the Busan Film Festival's Bright East Films Award while in production in 2016.[3][4] The film premiered in North America during New York City's 2019 CineCina film festival.[5]
Plot
After the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, Tomoyo Hanagiku runs away from her abusive husband and joins a women's sumo group. She meets a group of young people a part of an anarchist group called the Guillotine Association, and connect over shared ideas of an equal and free society.[1] To earn money, Tomoyo tours the country with the sumo group she joined by doing shows.[6]
Cast
- Shun Sugata as Maruman
- Masatoshi Nagase as Narrator
- Masahiro Higashide as Tetsu Nakahama
- Arata Iura as Genjiro Muraki
- Kyusaku Shimada as Hanbee Tanaka
- Kanichiro Sato as Daijirō Furuta
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Tamasaburo Iwaki
- Shohei Uno as Kazuo Morimoto
- Ryo Ikeda as Kozo Kawai
- Takashi Yamanaka as Kyutaro Wada
- Tomoki Kimura as Maichi Naka
- Tatsushi Ômori as Matsutaro Shoriki
- Yota Kawase as Kantaro Sakata
- Yoko Kamon as Mitsu Tamatsubaki
- Ayaka Onishi as Katsu Katsutora
- Maho Yamada as Haru Kozakura
- Hanae Kan as Tamae Tokachigawa
- Haruki Takano as Kichiji
See also
References
- ^ a b "Director of film on women's sumo hopes to show the sport's diversity". Mainichi Daily News. July 22, 2018. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (October 24, 2018). "Tokyo Film Fest Spotlights Female Sumo Wrestlers, Punk Samurai". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- ^ Kil, Sonia (October 11, 2016). "Edwin, Jang Kun-Jae Head Asian Project Market Winners". Variety. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Hyo-won, Lee (October 12, 2016). "Busan: Asian Project Market Awards Go to Region's Top Indie Filmmakers". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Rizov, Vadim (October 23, 2019). "CineCina Film Festival Announces Second Edition Line-Up". Filmmaker Magazine. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Kotzathanasis, Panos (December 12, 2018). "Review: The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine by Takahisa Zeze". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
Further reading
- Coppola, Antoine (2021). Dictionnaire du cinéma coréen (in French). Nouveau Monde Editions. p. 740. ISBN 978-2-38094-183-8.
- Schilling, Mark (July 10, 2018). "'The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine': A sumo subplot stands out in a crowded film". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2021.