The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

Name: The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Genre: Drama
Cast: Mai Kiryu, Masahiro Higashide, Kanichiro, Hanae Kan

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2018

3h 9m

Drama

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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

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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.

Sep 27, 2020

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Film Vault

"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.

Dec 1, 2019

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Mark Schilling

Japan Times

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.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 11, 2018

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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.

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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