Strange Circus (Japanese) 2005, Poster, Synopsis, Plot and Strange Circus Official Trailer
August 9, 2009 / 4221
Aka: Kimyô na sâkasu
Year: 2005
Directed: Sion Sono
Genre: Horro/Mystery/Thriller
Runtime: 108 mins
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Cast: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Mai Takahashi
Imdb: Kimyô na sâkasu
Synopsis / Plot
From the director of the cult hit Suicide Club comes an unsettling look at the life of a sexually-abused adolescent whose inability to distinguish her mother’s pleasure from her own pain sends her down a dark and surreal path. Sexually molested by her father Gozu (Hiroshi Oguchi) and mentally tormented by her jealous mother Sayuri (Masumi Miyazaki), twelve-year old Mitsuko (Rie Kuwana) is locked in a cello case and forced to watch her parents perform a series of intimate acts. When Mitsuko’s mother dies as the result of a fatal fall, the deeply disturbed young girl begins to believe that she has, in fact, been transformed into her own mother. Read more …
