The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
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| Directed by | Takahisa Zeze |
| Screenplay by | Takahisa Zeze, Toranosuke Aizawa |
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kil, Sonia (October 11, 2016). "Edwin, Jang Kun-Jae Head Asian Project Market Winners". Variety. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rizov, Vadim (October 23, 2019). "CineCina Film Festival Announces Second Edition Line-Up". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
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