Strange Circus
Strange Circus (奇妙なサーカス, Kimyō na sākasu) is a 2005 Japanese horror drama film written and directed by Sion Sono.
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| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Produced by | Toshiaki Nakazawa |
| Written by | Sion Sono |
| Starring | Masumi Miyazaki Issei Ishida |
| Music by | Sion Sono |
| Cinematography | Yuichiro Otsuka |
| Edited by | Junichi Ito |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
School principal Ozawa Gozo rapes his daughter, Mitsuko, after she sees her parents having sex. Her mother Sayuri witnesses the rape. Gozo now rapes both of them as he pleases, while his family is undermined by incest, suicide, and murder. This is the erotic novel that novelist Taeko, who uses a wheelchair, sets out to write. She is assisted by Yuji, a young man who is actually on a mission to uncover the reality of this story of Taeko's past, and of the locked room in her apartment. But the reality and truth beneath the Grand Guignol nightmares Taeko creates might be too much to bear.
Cast
- Masumi Miyazaki as Sayuri / Taeko
- Issei Ishida as Yuji
- Rie Kuwana as Young Mitsuko
- Mai Takahashi as Young Mitsuko
- Fujiko
- Madame Regine
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Taeko's Editor
- Hiroshi Ohguchi as Gozo
Reception
Russell Edwards of Variety wrote that the film "shocks, provokes but ultimately bores with its tasteless indulgences" and that it "will be most at home at midnight fest sidebars, or anywhere else where a trash aesthetic is embraced."[1]