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Humanity and Paper Balloons

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married.

1h 26m1937TMDb 7.8

DramaHistory

Japanese

Crew and Cast

Sadao YamanakaSadao YamanakaDirectorChōjūrō KawarasakiChōjūrō KawarasakiMatajuro UnnoKan'emon NakamuraKan'emon NakamuraShinzaShizue KawarazakiShizue KawarazakiOtakiNoboru KiritachiNoboru KiritachiOkoma
Sensho Ichikawa
Kō Mihashi
Tsuruzo NakamuraGenko
Sukezō SukedakayaLandlord
Kikunojo SegawaChushichi
Chōemon BandōYabushi
Emitaro IchikawaYatagoro
Takako MisakiOkuma
Kikunosuke IchikawaKanekichiDaisuke KatōDaisuke KatōIsuke
Rakusaburô IchikawaYakichi
Toshio Arashi
Kozaburo Nakamura
Kosaburō TachibanaSenzaemon Mori

Storyline

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married.

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Info

Original title
人情紙風船
Status
Released
Released
25 August 1937
Runtime
1h 26m
TMDB score
7.8 / 10 (55 votes)

Production

Director
Sadao Yamanaka
Writers
Shintarō Mimura
Studios
P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo, Zenshinza Theatre Company
Countries
Japan

Languages

Original
Japanese
Spoken
Japanese