The Balloon
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.
Crew and Cast
Yūzō KawashimaDirector
Masayuki MoriHaruki Murakami
Tatsuya MihashiKeikichi Murakami
Mie KitaharaMikiko Mikihara
Sachiko HidariRuiko Aso
Izumi AshikawaTamako Murakami
Michiyo AratamaKumiko Yamana
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiMasataka TsuzukiShinsuke MakiTatsujirô Aso
Shirō AmakusaYamaguchi · Photo Shop OwnerMichisaburō SegawaShôta Nishimura
Yumi TakanoFusako Murakami
Fudeko TanakaShôta's WifeKeiko AzumaWoman Clerk
Yoko BenisawaLandlady
Hiroshi ChōSecretary (as Susumu Uemura)
Kôtarô Date
Toyo FukudaMaid at Murakami's
Yoshirō KatōWaiter at Tom
Reiko KubaMaid CYasuko MishimaMaid B
Aiko NakayamaWoman Student A
Mikiko SakaiMadame at MinotaurAomi Shiba
Kaoru Ueha
Kô Date
Yuki TsutsumiWoman Student B
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Info
- Original title
- 風船
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 19 February 1956
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 (10 votes)
Production
- Director
- Yūzō Kawashima
- Writers
- Shōhei Imamura, Yūzō Kawashima, Jiro Osaragi
- Studios
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Countries
- Japan
Languages
- Original
- Japanese
- Spoken
- Japanese