
The Long, Hot Summer(1958)
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.


On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When a series of arson attacks strike the neighborhood, clues left at the crime scenes seem to be somehow related to the Okunos. Izumi and Haru try to get to the bottom of mystery, slowly unveiling a tragic family secret that has come back to haunt them.

Ryo Kase
Izumi Okuno

Masaki Okada
Haru Okuno

Fumiyo Kohinata
Masashi Okuno

Kyoka Suzuki
Rieko Okuno

Yuriko Yoshitaka
Natsuko

Yoshinori Okada
Yamauchi

Atsuro Watabe
Yukio Katsuragi

Takumi Kitamura
Haru Okuno (in childhood)

Satoshi Morishita
Gravity's Clowns is a drama film released in 2009 exploring themes of based on novel or book, arson, incident, suspense, mystery. Directed by Junichi Mori, it stars Ryo Kase, Masaki Okada, Fumiyo Kohinata. On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When a series of arson attacks strike the neighborhood, clues left at the crime scenes seem to be somehow related to the Okunos. Izumi and Haru try to get to the bottom of mystery, slowly unveiling a tragic family secret that has come back to haunt them.
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