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.
菊とギロチン is of 3 hour(s) and 9 minute(s). It is Produced By: Stance Company, Kokuei Company. It was released on 2018-07-07. It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
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