The Balloon (1956)
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.
- Released
- 1956-02-19
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Yūzō Kawashima, Shōhei Imamura, Yūzō Kawashima
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Masayuki Mori as Haruki Murakami
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Keikichi Murakami
- Mie Kitahara as Mikiko Mikihara
- Sachiko Hidari as Ruiko Aso
- Izumi Ashikawa as Tamako Murakami
- Michiyo Aratama as Kumiko Yamana
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Masataka Tsuzuki
- Shinsuke Maki as Tatsujirô Aso
- Shirō Amakusa as Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner
- Michisaburō Segawa as Shôta Nishimura
- Yumi Takano as Fusako Murakami
- Fudeko Tanaka as Shôta's Wife