![Five Men in a Circus](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jHeo9XVbwqhNYKzu4tyLE85yUrk.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Kohei Ima |
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Director | Mikio Naruse |
Actor | Heihachirō Ōkawa, Hiroshi Uruki, Kamatari Fujiwara |
Country | Japan |
Production | P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo |