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Humanity and Paper Balloons
Film / 1937

Humanity and Paper Balloons

Directed by Sadao Yamanaka
DramaHistory

★ 7.8/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Chōjūrō KawarasakiMatajuro Unno Kan'emon NakamuraShinza Shizue KawarazakiOtaki Noboru KiritachiOkoma Sensho Ichikawa Kō Mihashi Tsuruzo NakamuraGenko Sukezō SukedakayaLandlord Kikunojo SegawaChushichi Chōemon BandōYabushi Emitaro IchikawaYatagoro Takako MisakiOkuma
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Kikunosuke IchikawaKanekichi Daisuke KatōIsuke Rakusaburô IchikawaYakichi Toshio Arashi Kozaburo Nakamura Kosaburō TachibanaSenzaemon Mori

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