25 Dec 1993
The Strategy of the Snail
A group of tenants facing eviction due to a city renovation unite to fight back, but as they clash with the landlord and his ruthless attorney, they each transform into the opposite of who they once were.
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
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.
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木竜麻生 Tomoyo Hanakiku
韓英恵 Tamae Tokachigawa
東出昌大 Tetsu Nakahama
寛一郎 Daijiro Furuta
嘉門洋子 Mitsu Tamatsubaki
Maki Maehara Tsune Umenosato
西田あい Maki Wakanishiki
Yuki Tashiro Matsu Hagurosakura
Kanako Mochida Yoshi Kotenryu
Miho Harita Ushi Yonaguni
山田真歩 Haru Kozakura
大西礼芳 Katsu Katsutora
和田光沙 Kiyo Hideriyama
Jun Seno Sen Mogamigawa
Kaho Harada 2 generation Kozakura
嶺豪一 Sanji
渋川清彦 Tamasaburo Iwaki
池田良 Kozo Kawai
Tomokoi Kimura Maichi Naka
飯田芳 Yoshio Ogawa
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