Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Heihachirō ŌkawaKokichi
- Hiroshi UrukiTorakichi
- Kamatari FujiwaraTadakichi
- Riki MiyagawaRokuta
- Ko MihashiSeiroku
- Sadao MaruyamaChief Travelling Circus
- Koji KagaKunio, the acrobat
- Kajiya MorinoMatsumoto the Manager
- Masako TsutsumiChiyoko
- Ryuko UmezonoSumiko
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