The Balloon (1956)

ALL 02/19/1956 (ja) Drama 109 Min
  • Release
    02/19/1956
  • Production
    Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Rotten tomato
    63%
  • Original title
    風船
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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 disabled daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.

  1. Yūzō Kawashima

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Takeshi Yamamoto

    Producer



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  1. Masayuki Mori

    Haruki Murakami

  2. Tatsuya Mihashi

    Keikichi Murakami

  3. Mie Kitahara

    Mikiko Mikihara

  4. Sachiko Hidari

    Ruiko Aso

  5. Izumi Ashikawa

    Tamako Murakami

  6. Michiyo Aratama

    Kumiko Yamana

  7. Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

    Masataka Tsuzuki

  8. Shinsuke Maki

    Tatsujirô Aso

  9. Shirō Amakusa

    Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

  10. Michisaburō Segawa

    Shôta Nishimura

  11. Yumi Takano

    Fusako Murakami

  12. Fudeko Tanaka

    Shôta's Wife

  13. Keiko Azuma

    Woman Clerk

  14. Yoko Benisawa

    Landlady

  15. Hiroshi Chō

    Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

  16. Kôtarô Date

  17. Toyo Fukuda

    Maid at Murakami's

  18. Yoshirō Katō

    Waiter at Tom

  19. Reiko Kuba

    Maid C

  20. Yasuko Mishima

    Maid B

  21. Aiko Nakayama

    Woman Student A

  22. Mikiko Sakai

    Madame at Minotaur

  23. Aomi Shiba

  24. Kaoru Ueha

  25. Kô Date

  26. Yuki Tsutsumi

    Woman Student B

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 26 , Crews : 14

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The Balloon (1956) 109 Min

ALL 02/19/1956 (ja)
Drama
  • Release 02/19/1956
  • Production
    Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Original title 風船
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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 disabled daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.

  1. Yūzō Kawashima

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tadashi Nakamura

    Editor

  4. Takeshi Yamamoto

    Producer