The Balloon

The Balloon

109 mins | Drama | Feb. 19, 1956

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.

The Balloon

109 mins | Drama | Feb. 19, 1956

The Balloon
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 風船
Directors Yūzō Kawashima, Shôhei Imamura
Writers Yūzō Kawashima, Jiro Osaragi, Shôhei Imamura

Cast

Masayuki Mori

as Haruki Murakami

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Keikichi Murakami

Mie Kitahara

as Mikiko Mikihara

Sachiko Hidari

as Ruiko Aso

Izumi Ashikawa

as Tamako Murakami

Michiyo Aratama

as Kumiko Yamana

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

as Masataka Tsuzuki

Shinsuke Maki

as Tatsujirô Aso

Shirō Amakusa

as Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

Michisaburo Segawa

as Shôta Nishimura

Yumi Takano

as Fusako Murakami

Fudeko Tanaka

as Shôta's Wife

Keiko Azuma

as Woman Clerk

Yōko Benisawa

as Landlady

Hiroshi Chō

as Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

Toyo Fukuda

as Maid at Murakami's

Yoshirō Katō

as Waiter at Tom

Reiko Kuba

as Maid C

Yasuko Mishima

as Maid B

Aiko Nakayama

as Woman Student A

Mikiko Sakai

as Madame at Minotaur

Yuki Tsutsumi

as Woman Student B