
Five Men in a Circus
Drama
Comedy
Lenguage:65 min
Duration:ja
Release date:Oct 21, 1935
Calificacion:5.4
Description:
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.
Cast

Heihachirō ŌkawaKokichi
Hiroshi UrukiTorakichi

Kamatari FujiwaraTadakichi
Riki MiyagawaRokuta
Kō MihashiSeiroku

Sadao MaruyamaChief Travelling Circus
Koji KagaKunio, the acrobat
Kajiya MorinoMatsumoto the Manager

Masako TsutsumiChiyoko
Ryuko UmezonoSumiko