Five Men in a Circus

Five Men in a Circus

1935•1h 5m•6.0/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(6)

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

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Production

P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Kokichi

Hiroshi Uruki

Torakichi

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Tadakichi

Riki Miyagawa

Rokuta

Kō Mihashi

Seiroku

Sadao Maruyama

Sadao Maruyama

Chief Travelling Circus

Koji Kaga

Kunio, the acrobat

Kajiya Morino

Matsumoto the Manager

Masako Tsutsumi

Masako Tsutsumi

Chiyoko

Ryuko Umezono

Sumiko

Masako Sanjo

Equilibrist in giant ball

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Okiyo

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