# Strange Circus (2005)

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**Original title**: *奇妙なサーカス*
**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Mystery, Horror, Drama
**Directed by**: Sion Sono
**Written by**: Sion Sono
**Starring**: Rie Kuwana, Masumi Miyazaki, Seiko Iwaido, Issei Ishida, Fujiko, Madamu Rejînu

> *Reality is the mystery…*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tokyo, humid summer. A ringing telephone.
Taeko spins a lurid yarn of familial collapse while her watchful assistant seeks its real-world origin, each clue a step deeper into the inferno.
Sono’s garish melodrama flirts with taboo.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, body-horror, dread, surreal, unhinged

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