Strange Circus

Writer/director Sion Sono ("Suicide Club") conjures the lurid and surreal for this story of a sexually abused young woman (Masumi Miyazaki) who is bound inside a cello case and forced to observe her parents' carnal relations through a peephole, only to later be assaulted by her father and plagued by suicidal urges. Her life takes even stranger turns when the very fabric of it's reality comes into question. Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana also star. 83 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; "making of" featurette; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. In Japanese with English subtitles. Region Free