Humanity and Paper Balloons

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.

Release date

Aug 25, 1937

Rating

7.9 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 26 minutes

Genres

Drama
History

Cast

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
As Matajuro Unno
Kan'emon Nakamura
As Shinza
Shizue Kawarazaki
As Otaki
Noboru Kiritachi
As Okama
Sensho Ichikawa
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As
Kō Mihashi
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As
Tsuruzo Nakamura
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As
Sukezō Sukedakaya
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As Landlord
Kikunojo Segawa
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As Chushichi
Chōemon Bandō
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As
Emitaro Ichikawa
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As
Takako Misaki
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As Okomo
Kikunosuke Ichikawa
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As Kanekichi
Daisuke Katō
As Isuke
Rakusaburô Ichikawa
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As Yakichi
Toshio Arashi
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As
Kozaburo Nakamura
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As

Crew

Sadao Yamanaka
Role: Director
Akira Mimura
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Role: Director of Photography
Masanobu Takeyama
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Role: Producer
Shintarō Mimura
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Role: Screenplay
Mokuami Kawatake
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Role: Theatre Play
Tadashi Ota
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Role: Original Music Composer
Ishirō Honda
Role: Assistant Director
Kazuo Kubo
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Role: Art Direction
Shigeharu Yasue
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Role: Sound Recordist
Kôichi Iwashita
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Role: Editor

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