Five Men in the Circus / サーカス五人組 (1935) [1/7]

Описание: サーカス五人組
Five Men in the Circus
Saakasu goningumi

Director: Mikio Naruse / 成瀬 巳喜男
Year: 1935
出演　Cast
大川平八郎　Heihachiro Okawa
宇留木浩　Hiroshi Uruki
藤原釜足　Kamatari Fujiwara
リキー宮川　Rikey Miyagawa
御橋公　Ko Mihashi
丸山定夫　Sadao Maruyama
加賀晃二　Koji Kaga
森野鍛冶哉　Kajiya Morino
堤眞佐子　Masako Tsutsumi
梅園龍子　Tatsuko Umezono
三條正子　Masako Sanjo
清川虹子　Nijiko Kiyokawa

Naruse left Shochiku (his original film company) for PCL (the foundation company for Toho films) so that he could make sound films. And he right got to work. Major films of his first year included "Three sisters with Maiden Hearts" and the award-winning "Wife! Be Like a Rose!". This film is a minor work, in comparison. It starred Kamatari Fujiwara (of later Kurosawa fame) and two of the "three sisters with maiden hearts" -- among many others. The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the two daughters of the aging and irascible ringmaster-circus owner. The high points are the sound (and score) and cinematography featuring a lot of vertiginous panning (appropriate - as high wire trapeze artists are also an important element in the film). A fascinating side-light on 30s Japan.