The Balloon

The Balloon (1956)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1956-02-19
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Yūzō Kawashima
star 6.3/10
From 10 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Masayuki Mori

    as Haruki Murakami

  • Tatsuya Mihashi

    as Keikichi Murakami

  • Mie Kitahara

    as Mikiko Mikihara

  • Sachiko Hidari

    as Ruiko Aso

  • Izumi Ashikawa

    as Tamako Murakami

  • Michiyo Aratama

    as Kumiko Yamana

  • Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

    as Masataka Tsuzuki

  • Shinsuke Maki

    as Tatsujirô Aso

  • Shirō Amakusa

    as Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

  • Michisaburō Segawa

    as Shôta Nishimura

  • Yumi Takano

    as Fusako Murakami

  • Fudeko Tanaka

    as Shôta's Wife

  • Keiko Azuma

    as Woman Clerk

  • Yoko Benisawa

    as Landlady

  • Hiroshi Chō

    as Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

  • Kôtarô Date

    as

  • Toyo Fukuda

    as Maid at Murakami's

  • Yoshirō Katō

    as Waiter at Tom

  • Reiko Kuba

    as Maid C

  • Yasuko Mishima

    as Maid B

  • Aiko Nakayama

    as Woman Student A

  • Mikiko Sakai

    as Madame at Minotaur

  • Aomi Shiba

    as

  • Kaoru Ueha

    as

  • Kô Date

    as

  • Yuki Tsutsumi

    as Woman Student B
Directing Yūzō Kawashima Director
Writing Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
Writing Yūzō Kawashima Screenplay
Lighting Mitsuo Onishi Lighting Technician
Camera Kuratarō Takamura Director of Photography
Production Takeshi Yamamoto Producer
Sound Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
Editing Tadashi Nakamura Editor
Art Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
Production Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto Production Manager
Directing Shōhei Imamura Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Hanae Mori Costume Design
Writing Jiro Osaragi Novel
Sound Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist

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