The Kingdom of Spectacles
Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's wallet. While everyone is trying to hunt down the thief, Hide-chan decides to make the most of it and enjoy her stay, while the thief and his main pursuer (Akira Kishii) play hide-and-seek among the funfair's spectacles and freakshows
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Cast
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Akira Kishii
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音楽大進軍
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Hideko Takamine
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Floating Clouds
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Known for
Pom Poko
Vengeance Is Mine
Roppa Furukawa
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The Way of Drama
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Yōyō Kojima
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Ikiru
What Made Her Do It?
Kamatari Fujiwara
Known for
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Minoru Matsui Director · Hidekazu Handa Writer
First release June 1, 1937 · Produced in Japan · Original title 見世物王国
Production
P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo
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Japan
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Original title
見世物王国
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 1, 1937
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