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Cast

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Matajuro Unno

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura

Shinza

Shizue Kawarazaki

Shizue Kawarazaki

Otaki

Noboru Kiritachi

Noboru Kiritachi

Okoma

Sensho Ichikawa

Sensho Ichikawa

Kō Mihashi

Kō Mihashi

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Landlord

Kikunojo Segawa

Kikunojo Segawa

Chushichi

Chōemon Bandō

Chōemon Bandō

Emitaro Ichikawa

Emitaro Ichikawa

Takako Misaki

Takako Misaki

Okuma

Kikunosuke Ichikawa

Kikunosuke Ichikawa

Kanekichi

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Isuke

Rakusaburô Ichikawa

Rakusaburô Ichikawa

Yakichi

Toshio Arashi

Toshio Arashi

Kozaburo Nakamura

Kozaburo Nakamura

Crew

Sadao Yamanaka

Sadao Yamanaka

Director

Akira Mimura

Akira Mimura

Director of Photography

Masanobu Takeyama

Masanobu Takeyama

Producer

Mokuami Kawatake

Mokuami Kawatake

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Shintarō Mimura

Shintarō Mimura

Screenplay

Tadashi Ota

Tadashi Ota

Original Music Composer

Ishirō Honda

Ishirō Honda

Assistant Director

Kazuo Kubo

Kazuo Kubo

Art Direction

Shigeharu Yasue

Shigeharu Yasue

Sound Recordist

Kôichi Iwashita

Kôichi Iwashita

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Humanity and Paper Balloons

19377.9 / 1086 min
Drama, History

Overview

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.