人情紙風船

人情紙風船 (1937)

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.

Erscheinungsdatum
1937-08-25
TMDB
7.8 / 10 (55)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 26 Min.
Genres
Drama, Historie
Regie
山中貞雄

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Humanity and Paper Balloons is a 1937 Japanese jidaigeki tragedy film directed by Sadao Yamanaka. The film follows the lives of the members of a small tenement community who live under the shadow of the Tokugawa Shogunate. In order to cope with their impoverished circumstances, some turn to crime or suicide. It was Yamanaka's last film before his death.

Production and release

Humanity and Paper Balloons was written by Shintarō Mimura, based on his play. It was the final film by director Sadao Yamanaka before his untimely death at 28, of whose films only three are extant.

The film was released in Japan on 25 August 1937. It was later released in the United States with English subtitles in August 1982.

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