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Five Men in a Circus

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Five Men in a Circus

5.4

1h 5m

1935

Synopsis

The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the two daughters of the aging and irascible ringmaster-circus owner. The high points are the sound (and score) and cinematography featuring a lot of vertiginous panning (appropriate - as high wire trapeze artists are also an important element in the film). A fascinating side-light on 30s Japan.

Director

Mikio Naruse

DramaComedy

traveling circus

Cast & Crew

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

as Kokichi

Hiroshi Uruki

as Torakichi

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Tadakichi

Riki Miyagawa

as Rokuta

Kō Mihashi

as Seiroku

Sadao Maruyama

Sadao Maruyama

as Chief Travelling Circus

Koji Kaga

as Kunio, the acrobat

Kajiya Morino

as Matsumoto the Manager

Masako Tsutsumi

Masako Tsutsumi

as Chiyoko

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