Strange Circus

Mitsuko is forced to watch her parents' lovemaking through a peephole in a cello case. When Mitsuko's mother apparently dies, her father forces the girl to be the victim of his incestuous desires...yet all of this is apparently just the new novel being penned by reclusive, wheelchair-bound author Taeko (Masumi Miyazaki, who also plays the mother). Taeko is assigned a new assistant, effeminate admirer Yuji, and the two begin a sexual relationship in Taeko's ornately designed estate. But as Yuji tries to discover the truth behind Taeko's disturbing vision the two become mired in an increasingly tangled web of fantasy, depravity, and danger. Shocking, sexually and violently graphic, Strange Circus is shot in a gorgeously rich color scheme and features a strong, fearless performance by Miyazaki.