Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Mai Kiryu as Tomoyo Hanakiku
- Hanae Kan as Tamae Tokachigawa
- Masahiro Higashide as Tetsu Nakahama
- Kanichiro as Daijiro Furuta
- Yôko Kamon as Mitsu Tamatsubaki
- Maki Maehara as Tsune Umenosato
- Ai Nishina as Maki Wakanishiki
- Yuki Tashiro as Matsu Hagurosakura
- Kanako Mochida as Yoshi Kotenryu
- Miho Harita as Ushi Yonaguni
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