CCFF|The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

Kinema Junpo Best Director & #2 Film of 2018

Takahisa ZEZE | 2018 | Japan | 189 minutes | North American Premiere 

After the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, a troupe of women's sumo wrestler arrive in the area near Tokyo. The group of female sumo wrestlers include Tomoyo and Tamae. Meanwhile, Tetsu and Daijiro are members of an anarchist group. They go to watch the female sumo wrestlers and become fascinated by them.  In Japanese with English subtitles.

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