Strange Circus
2005 · Movie · Unrated · 108 min · ★ 7.2 · 75% critics
A novelist crafts an unsettling tale about a family torn apart by taboo relationships, violence, and abuse. As an assistant digs into whether the story reflects real events, the search blurs the line between fiction and truth and leads to revelations that are hard to face.
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Details
- Original title
- 奇妙なサーカス
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-12-24
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (211 votes)
About
If you want provocative, boundary-pushing horror that mixes investigation with deeply unsettling subject matter, this may fit; Not for you if you avoid taboo themes, sexual violence references, or relentless bleakness, like in Cold Fish or Noroi: The Curse.
Pros: disturbing mystery hook; bold erotic horror; unsettling atmosphere | Cons: heavy taboo themes; bleak, grim tone; emotionally intense content
Themes
- child abuse
- japan
- parent child relationship
- gore
- principal
- incest
Cast & crew
Rie Kuwana
as Young Mitsuko
Masumi Miyazaki
as Mitsuko / Sayuri / Taeko
Seiko Iwaido
as Teenage Mitsuko
Issei Ishida
as Yuji
Fujiko
as Gozo's Mistress
- MR
Madamu Rejînu
as Black Shadow
Tomorowo Taguchi
as Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
- HO
Hiroshi Ohguchi
as Gozo
Yuya Ishikawa
Mame Yamada
Directed by Sion Sono