The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine


The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine is a 2018 film directed by Takahisa Zeze about women's sumo wrestling and anarchism after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. The film was produced by Kazunao Sakaguchi.
The film won the Busan Film Festival's Bright East Films Award while in production in 2016. The film premiered in North America during New York City's 2019 CineCina film festival.
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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. To earn money, Tomoyo tours the country with the sumo group she joined by doing shows.