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Strange Circus(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-12-24
72%
194 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
Reality is the mystery…
Overview:
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
Sedic
Movie: Strange Circus
Top 10 Billed Cast
桑名里瑛
Young Mitsuko
宮崎萬純
Mitsuko / Sayuri / Taeko
岩井堂聖子
Teenage Mitsuko
いしだ壱成
Yuji
不二子
Gozo's Mistress
田口トモロヲ
Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
石川ゆうや
マメ山田
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