24 Dec 2005
Strange Circus
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.
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.
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菊地凛子 Kumiko
勝部演之 Sakagami
東加奈子 Michi
Ichi Kyokaku Library Security Guard
大西礼芳 Chieko
河北麻友子 Ms. Kanazaki
田野アサミ Office Lady
Ako Yoshida Office Lady
Anna Wakamori Office Lady
Risa Hotta Office Lady
Hitomi Sawano Office Lady
Maki Issô Office Lady
梅舟惟永 Office Lady
Takao Kinoshita Dry Cleaning Clerk
Shirley Venard Older Woman
David Zellner Policeman
Nathan Zellner Robert
Yumiko Hioki Kumiko's Mother
Tetsuya Hayakawa Dancing Couple
Mihoka Tomoda Dancing Couple
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