The story of a travelling troupe of female sumo wrestlers, intertwines with that of a clandestine anarchist organization in this highly entertaining period piece, set in the tumultuous years following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Both groups strive for equality, but their respective methods – entertainment versus terrorism – couldn’t be more different.
In de tumultueuze jaren na de grote Kanto-aardbeving van 1923 reist een groep vrouwelijke sumoworstelaars door Japan. Hun bijzondere, waargebeurde geschiedenis wordt in deze zeer vermakelijke vertelling verweven met dat van een clandestine, anarchistische organisatie. Beide groepen strijden voor gelijkheden, maar de manier waarop – volksvermaak versus terrorisme – verschilt als dag en nacht.
About the Director
ZEZE Takahisa is an experimental film director who made his name with soft-porn pink films in the 1990s. Later, he joined the mainstream with films such as The 8-Year Engagement. In 2003, Moon Child was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Philadelphia Film Festival. Heaven’s Story (2011) won the FIPRESCI prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
2018 – The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine 菊とギロチン
2017 – The 8-Year Engagement
2010 – Heaven’s Story (CJ 2011)
2004 – YUDA – Secret Story (CJ 2007)
2003 – Moon Child
2000 – Hysteric
1994 – The Dream of Garuda