The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

The Chrysanthemum
and the Guillotine
Poster
Directed byTakahisa Zeze
Screenplay byTakahisa Zeze,
Toranosuke Aizawa
Release date
  • 2018 (2018)

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine is a 2018 film directed by Takahisa Zeze about women's sumo wrestling and anarchism after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake.

The film won the Busan Film Festival's Bright East Films Award while in production in 2016.[1][2] The film premiered in North America during New York City's 2019 CineCina film festival.[3]

  1. ^ Kil, Sonia (October 11, 2016). "Edwin, Jang Kun-Jae Head Asian Project Market Winners". Variety. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Hyo-won, Lee (October 12, 2016). "Busan: Asian Project Market Awards Go to Region's Top Indie Filmmakers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Rizov, Vadim (October 23, 2019). "CineCina Film Festival Announces Second Edition Line-Up". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved December 8, 2021.