Humanity and Paper Balloons

Humanity and Paper Balloons

86 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 25, 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.

Humanity and Paper Balloons

86 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 25, 1937

Humanity and Paper Balloons
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo, Zenshinza Theatre Company
Original title 人情紙風船
Directors Ishirō Honda, Sadao Yamanaka
Writers Shintarō Mimura, Mokuami Kawatake

Cast

Chôjûrô Kawarasaki

as Matajuro Unno

Kan'emon Nakamura

as Shinza

Noboru Kiritachi

as Okama

Sukezô Sukedakaya

as Landlord

Kikunojo Segawa

as Chushichi

Takako Misaki

as Okomo

Kikunosuke Ichikawa

as Kanekichi

Daisuke Katō

as Isuke