Strange Circus

In Tokyo, a 12-year-old girl named Mitsuko witnesses her parents' intimate moment, which sets off a chain of disturbing events. Her father, a school principal, forces her to participate in his perverse desires, leading to a downward spiral of dysfunction and abuse. Meanwhile, a writer named Taeko, who uses a wheelchair, is struggling to overcome her own dark past. As her publisher and a new hire, Yuji, work to uncover the truth about her life, the lines between reality and fantasy begin to blur.