Strange Circus

Dec 24, 2005

1h 48m

★ 7.2

Reality is the mystery…

Overview

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.

Genres

Mystery

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

Sedic

Strange Circus Trailers

Cast

Young Mitsuko

Rie Kuwana

Mitsuko / Sayuri / Taeko

Masumi Miyazaki

Teenage Mitsuko

Seiko Iwaido

Yuji

Issei Ishida

Gozo's Mistress

Fujiko

Black Shadow

Madamu Rejînu

Taeko's Editor-in-Chief

Tomorowo Taguchi

Gozo

Hiroshi Ohguchi

Yuya Ishikawa

Mame Yamada

Keiko Yokomachi

Erika Mine

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