# Strange Circus (2005)

> A disabled novelist's search for her buried past collides with a grotesque family nightmare in which fiction, memory, and reality become indistinguishable.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5890

## Facts

- Runtime: 108 min
- Genres: Mystery, Horror, Drama
- Director: Sion Sono
- Cast: Rie Kuwana, Masumi Miyazaki, Seiko Iwaido, Issei Ishida, Fujiko, Madamu Rejînu, Tomorowo Taguchi, Hiroshi Ohguchi
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492784/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: labyrinthine
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: disturbing, surreal, provocative, midnight movie viewing, extreme horror marathon

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