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Five Men in a Circus
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Five Men in a Circus

1935-10-21 · 65 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Comedy

A five member circus runs into problems while touring rural Japan.

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Directors
Mikio Naruse
Production companies
P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Heihachirō ŌkawaHeihachirō ŌkawaKokichi
Hiroshi UrukiTorakichi
Kamatari FujiwaraKamatari FujiwaraTadakichi
Riki MiyagawaRokuta
Kō MihashiSeiroku
Sadao MaruyamaSadao MaruyamaChief Travelling Circus
Koji KagaKunio, the acrobat
Kajiya MorinoMatsumoto the Manager
Masako TsutsumiMasako TsutsumiChiyoko
Ryuko UmezonoSumiko
Masako SanjoEquilibrist in giant ball
Nijiko KiyokawaNijiko KiyokawaOkiyo

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