The Balloon

6.3 1956 109 min
Drama

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 bef…

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Director
Yūzō Kawashima
Writers
Shōhei Imamura, Yūzō Kawashima

Cast

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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
Keiko Azuma Woman Clerk
Yoko Benisawa Landlady
Hiroshi Chō Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)
Kôtarô Date
Toyo Fukuda Maid at Murakami's
Yoshirō Katō Waiter at Tom

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