The Balloon (1956)
風船
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.
- Date of release
- 1956-02-19
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Yūzō Kawashima
Casting
- Masayuki Mori — Haruki Murakami
- Tatsuya Mihashi — Keikichi Murakami
- Mie Kitahara — Mikiko Mikihara
- Sachiko Hidari — Ruiko Aso
- Izumi Ashikawa — Tamako Murakami
- Michiyo Aratama — Kumiko Yamana
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi — Masataka Tsuzuki
- Shinsuke Maki — Tatsujirô Aso
- Shirō Amakusa — Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner
- Michisaburō Segawa — Shôta Nishimura
- Yumi Takano — Fusako Murakami
- Fudeko Tanaka — Shôta's Wife
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