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The Balloon

63 %|Feb 19, 1956|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 befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.

Featured Crew

Yūzō Kawashima
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay
Yūzō Kawashima
Screenplay
Mitsuo Onishi
Lighting Technician
Kuratarō Takamura
Director of Photography
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto
Production Manager
Shōhei Imamura
Assistant Director

Cast

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Masayuki Mori
Haruki Murakami
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Tatsuya Mihashi
Keikichi Murakami
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Mie Kitahara
Mikiko Mikihara
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Izumi Ashikawa
Tamako Murakami
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Michiyo Aratama
Kumiko Yamana
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Masataka Tsuzuki
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Shinsuke Maki
Tatsujirô Aso
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Shirō Amakusa
Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner
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Michisaburō Segawa
Shôta Nishimura
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Yumi Takano
Fusako Murakami
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Fudeko Tanaka
Shôta's Wife
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Keiko Azuma
Woman Clerk
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Hiroshi Chō
Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)
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Toyo Fukuda
Maid at Murakami's
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Yoshirō Katō
Waiter at Tom
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Aiko Nakayama
Woman Student A
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Mikiko Sakai
Madame at Minotaur
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Yuki Tsutsumi
Woman Student B