The Balloon

1956, drama

109 minutes

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...

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Cast

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Haruki Murakami

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Keikichi Murakami

Mie Kitahara

Mie Kitahara

Mikiko Mikihara

Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko Hidari

Ruiko Aso

Izumi Ashikawa

Izumi Ashikawa

Tamako Murakami

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Kumiko Yamana

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Masataka Tsuzuki

Shinsuke Maki

Tatsujirô Aso

Shirô Amakusa

Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

Michisaburō Segawa

Shôta Nishimura

Yumi Takano

Yumi Takano

Fusako Murakami

Fudeko Tanaka

Fudeko Tanaka

Shôta's Wife

Keiko Azuma

Woman Clerk

Yôko Benisawa

Landlady

Hiroshi Chō

Hiroshi Chō

Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

Toyo Fukuda

Maid at Murakami's

Yoshirô Katô

Waiter at Tom

Reiko Kuba

Reiko Kuba

Maid C

Aiko Nakayama

Woman Student A

Mikiko Sakai

Mikiko Sakai

Madame at Minotaur

Yuki Tsutsumi

Woman Student B

Crew

Art

Kimihiko Nakamura

Art direction

Camera

Costume and make-up

Hanae Mori

Costume design

Directing

Yūzō Kawashima

Yūzō Kawashima

Director

Editing

Lighting

Mitsuo Onishi

Gaffer

Production

Takeshi Yamamoto

Producer

Sound

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original music composer

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound recordist

Writing

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