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S.R.P. $14.99
Released: March 2007
UPC: 807839002751
Japan, 2005, 109 min
Director:
Sion Sono
Genre: Danger After Dark /International/Psychological Thriller
Language:
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (primary)
Japanese subtitles
Aspect Ratio:
1.85
Extras:
Anamorphic
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Sion Sono, director of Suicide Club and the upcoming Hair Extensions invites you to enter his STRANGE CIRCUS. Mitsuko is forced to watch her parents’ lovemaking by her perverted father and her domineering mother, who imprison her in a cello case employed with a peephole. When Mitsuko’s mother apparently dies, her father forces the girl to be the victim of his incestuous desires, which drives her to attempt suicide with a leap from a height…yet all of this is apparently just the new novel being penned by reclusive, wheelchair-bound author Taeko (Masumi Miyazaki, who also plays the mother). Or is it? Taeko is assigned a new assistant, effeminate admirer Yuji, and the two begin a sexual relationship in Taeko’s ornately designed estate. But we soon must question the real identities of both Taeko and Yuji. Shocking, sexually and violently graphic, Strange Circus is shot in a gorgeously rich color scheme and features a strong, fearless performance by Miyazaki.
Film Threat
"Is first and foremost disturbing...watch it!" Janet Lee, Film Monthly
Marc Walkow, FEARnet
"Perversly beautiful film. Masumi Miyazaki is a standout!" Ray Justavick, CHUD.com
Awards
2006 Fantasia Film Festival 2006 Philadelphia Film Festival - Danger After Dark program
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