Summaries

The story based off of the controversial manga by Suehiro Maruo takes place where a little orphaned girl joins a freak-show circus troupe whose members rape and abuse her. She then finds a glimmer of hope in the enigmatic magician who joins the group.

Midori, is a young, and vibrant girl who enjoys her school and classes, but after her mother became very ill, and their dad evaded contact with her, her mom dies from her ailments. Midori is then tricked by a circus producer to enter his funfair, where she is consistently raped and abused by the circus folk, but when she is on the edge of giving up hope, she is acquainted by a dwarf, and her whole world changes.—Cyrano Roger

Details

Keywords
  • rape
  • murder
  • train
  • jealousy
  • sadism
Genres
  • Horror
  • Drama
  • Animation
  • Romance
Release date May 1, 1992
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Unrated
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Production companies Kiryûkan

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Tech specs

Runtime 55m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

This is a very disturbing story about a young girl called Midori who ends up in a circus, practically as a slave. At first, with no protection, she is doing all the hard work for everyone else, and gets raped and molested by freaks. After a while a magician Masanitsu joins the circus and makes it profitable again which gains him influence. He takes Midori under his care and treats her nice, but that arises jealousy among other members so Midoris troubles are far from over.

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