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.
Stars: Heihachirō Ōkawa, Hiroshi Uruki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Riki Miyagawa, Ko Mihashi, Sadao Maruyama
Crew: Roppa Furukawa (Novel), Kôichi Iwashita (Editor), Tsunaji Ichikawa (Sound), Mikio Naruse (Director), Ryûji Nagami (Writer), Junnosuke Yamazaki (Art Direction)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo
Runtime: 65 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 21, 1935
IMDb: 5.6
Keywords:traveling circus
