Five Men in a Circus

    Five Men in a Circus
    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.

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    Cast

    • Heihachirō ŌkawaKokichi
    • Hiroshi UrukiTorakichi
    • Kamatari FujiwaraTadakichi
    • Riki MiyagawaRokuta
    • Ko MihashiSeiroku
    • Sadao MaruyamaChief Travelling Circus
    • Koji KagaKunio, the acrobat
    • Kajiya MorinoMatsumoto the Manager
    • Masako TsutsumiChiyoko
    • Ryuko UmezonoSumiko

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