Five Men in a Circus

A five member circus runs into problems while touring rural Japan.

Cast

Heihachirō Ōkawa

as Kokichi

Hiroshi Uruki

as Torakichi

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Tadakichi

Riki Miyagawa

as Rokuta

Kō Mihashi

as Seiroku

Sadao Maruyama

as Chief Travelling Circus

Koji Kaga

as Kunio, the acrobat

Kajiya Morino

as Matsumoto the Manager

Masako Tsutsumi

as Chiyoko

Ryuko Umezono

as Sumiko

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