Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
Ninjô kami fûsen
86 min
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
- August 25, 1937
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Chôjûrô Kawarasaki as Matajuro Unno, a samurai
- Kan'emon Nakamura as Shinza, the barber
- Shizue Kawarazaki as Otaki
- Noboru Kiritachi as Okoma
- Senshô Ichikawa
- Kō Mihashi
- Kikunojô Segawa as Chushichi
- Daisuke Katō as Isuke
- Tsuruzô Nakamura as Genko, fish seller
- Chôemon Bandô as Yabushi, the masseur
- Sukezô Sukedakaya as Landlord
- Emitaro Ichikawa as Yatagoro
- Shizue Yamagishi as Otaki, Matajuro's wife
- Toshio Arashi
- Kikunosuke Ichikawa as Kanekichi
Crew
- Sadao Yamanaka · Director
- Shintarō Mimura · Writer
- Masanobu Takeyama · Producer
- Tadashi Ōta · Composer
- Akira Mimura · Cinematographer