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 Kanto earthquake.

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
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Directed by	Takahisa Zeze
Screenplay by	Takahisa Zeze, Toranosuke Aizawa
Release date	2018 (2018)

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]

See also

• Girochinsha

References

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.

Further reading

• Coppola, Antoine (2021). Dictionnaire du cinéma coréen (in French). Nouveau Monde Editions. p. 740. ISBN 978-2-38094-183-8.
• "Director of film on women's sumo hopes to show the sport's diversity". Mainichi Daily News. July 22, 2018.
• Schilling, Mark (July 10, 2018). "'The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine': A sumo subplot stands out in a crowded film". The Japan Times. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

External links

• The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine at IMDb