The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 2018
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Directed by
Takahisa Zeze
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Mai KiryuTomoyo Hanakiku
Hanae KanTamae Tokachigawa
Masahiro HigashideTetsu Nakahama
KanichiroDaijiro Furuta
Yoko KamonMitsu Tamatsubaki
Maki MaeharaTsune Umenosato
Ai NishinaMaki Wakanishiki
Yuki TashiroMatsu Hagurosakura
Kanako MochidaYoshi Kotenryu
Miho HaritaUshi Yonaguni
Maho YamadaHaru Kozakura
Ayaka OnishiKatsu Katsutora
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Misa WadaKiyo Hideriyama
Jun SenoSen Mogamigawa
Kaho Harada2 generation Kozakura
Gôichi MineSanji
Kiyohiko ShibukawaTamasaburo Iwaki
Ryo IkedaKozo Kawai
Tomoki KimuraMaichi Naka
Kaoru IidaYoshio Ogawa
Ryuju KobayashiYunoshin Tanaka
Taiga KomizuJiro Konishi
Kuu IzimaGentaro Uchida
Ryunosuke AzumaEikichi Shigeno
Toshimitsu KokidoSakae Osugi
Takashi YamanakaKyutaro Wada
Arata IuraGenjiro Muraki
Shima OnishiDaigoro Iioka
Sankichi KawamotoSakichi
Haruki TakanoKichiji
Kyusaku ShimadaHanbee Tanaka
Kensaku WatanabeMizushima
Shohei UnoKazuo Morimoto
Takuji SuzukiSakanauri no Otoya
Tatsushi ŌmoriMatsutaro Shoriki
Atsushi ShinoharaSadao
Shun SugataMaruman, Police Chief
Yohta KawaseKantaro Sakata, the Sponsor
Zenki AramakiKeiji Kurachi
Masatoshi NagaseNarrator
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