The Awesome Circus Bastard
1984 · 112 min · Thriller, Mystery
Daigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective Hattori and others that he's the culprit. In order to unravel the truth, he does his own investigation with the cooperation of members of his circus troupe.
Directed by Ryuichi Takamori
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Sonny Chiba Maejima Daigaku -
Hiroyuki Sanada Satomi Go -
Kazuko Kato Nakahata Reiko -
Tatsuo Umemiya Detective Hattori -
Michihiro Yamanishi Detective Kuriyama -
Junkichi Orimoto Sogoro Nakahata -
Kenji Ohba Araki Yuzuru -
Shunji Sayama Amamiya Hidejiro -
Junichi Haruta [Circus member]
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