Strange Circus

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.

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Sion Sono directed Strange Circus in 2005. See Sion Sono's full filmography, where to start with Sion Sono, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sion Sono.

Strange Circus was released in 2005 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.