Five Men in a Circus

Five Men in a Circus

5.4 | 1935-10-21 | Drama Comedy

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.

Featured Crew

Roppa Furukawa Novel
Kôichi Iwashita Editor
Tsunaji Ichikawa Sound
Mikio Naruse Director
Ryûji Nagami Writer
Junnosuke Yamazaki Art Direction
Kyōsuke Kami Original Music Composer
Kohei Ima Writer
Hiroshi Suzuki Director of Photography

Cast

Hiroshi Uruki
Hiroshi Uruki
Torakichi
Ko Mihashi
Ko Mihashi
Seiroku
Sadao Maruyama
Sadao Maruyama
Chief Travelling Circus
Koji Kaga
Koji Kaga
Kunio, the acrobat
Kajiya Morino
Kajiya Morino
Matsumoto the Manager

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