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Humanity and Paper Balloons

7.819371h 26mMovieDramaHistory

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.

DirectorSadao Yamanaka
WriterShintarō Mimura
ProducerMasanobu Takeyama

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Cast · Directed by Sadao Yamanaka

CKChōjūrō Kawarasaki
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Matajuro Unno
KNKan'emon Nakamura
Kan'emon Nakamura
Shinza
SKShizue Kawarazaki
Shizue Kawarazaki
Otaki
NKNoboru Kiritachi
Noboru Kiritachi
Okoma
SI
Sensho Ichikawa
KM
Kō Mihashi
TN
Tsuruzo Nakamura
Genko
SS
Sukezō Sukedakaya
Landlord
KS
Kikunojo Segawa
Chushichi
CB
Chōemon Bandō
Yabushi
EI
Emitaro Ichikawa
Yatagoro
TM
Takako Misaki
Okuma

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