The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine backdrop

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

Directed by Takahisa Zeze

Starring Mai Kiryu, Hanae Kan

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.