Five Men in a Circus
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.
Year: 1935
Studio: P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo
Director: Mikio Naruse
Cast: Heihachirō Ōkawa, Hiroshi Uruki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Riki Miyagawa, Ko Mihashi, Sadao Maruyama
Crew: Roppa Furukawa (Novel), Kôichi Iwashita (Editor), Tsunaji Ichikawa (Sound), Mikio Naruse (Director), Ryûji Nagami (Writer), Junnosuke Yamazaki (Art Direction)
Runtime: 65 minutes
Release: Oct 21, 1935
IMDb: 5.40/10 by 4 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : traveling circus
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