Movie: Five Men in a Circus

Top 10 Billed Cast

Heihachirō Ōkawa
ヘンリー大川

Kokichi

Hiroshi Uruki
宇留木 浩

Torakichi

Kamatari Fujiwara
藤原釜足

Tadakichi

Riki Miyagawa
Riki Miyagawa

Rokuta

Kō Mihashi
御橋公

Seiroku

Sadao Maruyama
丸山定夫

Chief Travelling Circus

Koji Kaga
Koji Kaga

Kunio, the acrobat

Kajiya Morino
森野鍛冶哉

Matsumoto the Manager

Masako Tsutsumi
堤真佐子

Chiyoko

Ryuko Umezono
梅園龍子

Sumiko

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1935-10-21

  • Average

    5.4

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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