2005
Directed by Sion Sono
Starring Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana
Strange Circus is really just another psychological Japanese gross-out movie, but I admire its absolute commitment to the macabre material. The first part of the story concerns Mitsuko, a girl whose family is torn apart by her sexually abusive father and passive-aggressive mother. Then, there's Takeo, an author writing a similar story which may be rooted in personal experience (cue surreal twists). I find this sort of reality-shifting, interwoven style of storytelling forced and annoying, but it looks sharp, has some surprising twists, and features some creative bloodshed. The story is fearlessly extreme, but it's too overwritten to fully enjoy.
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i'd like to meet some of these Japanese film writers...i seriously think they try and out do each other with some the twists and surreality...its become so annoying but i'd still pick most of them over the unoriginality and bland films Hollywood keeps managing to pump out.
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