Strange Circus

Strange Circus(2005)

"Reality is the mystery…"

7.2/10
200 votes
108 minDecember 24, 2005

Overview

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.

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