The Balloon

6.3
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 109 min
  • Premiere: 1956. February 19.

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.

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Masayuki Mori

Haruki Murakami

Tatsuya Mihashi

Keikichi Murakami

Mie Kitahara

Mikiko Mikihara

Sachiko Hidari

Ruiko Aso

Izumi Ashikawa

Tamako Murakami

Michiyo Aratama

Kumiko Yamana

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Masataka Tsuzuki

Shinsuke Maki

Tatsujirô Aso

Shirō Amakusa

Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

Michisaburō Segawa

Shôta Nishimura

Yumi Takano

Fusako Murakami

Fudeko Tanaka

Shôta's Wife

Keiko Azuma

Woman Clerk

Yoko Benisawa

Landlady

Hiroshi Chō

Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

Toyo Fukuda

Maid at Murakami's

Yoshirō Katō

Waiter at Tom

Reiko Kuba

Maid C

Aiko Nakayama

Woman Student A

Mikiko Sakai

Madame at Minotaur

Yuki Tsutsumi

Woman Student B

Art

Kimihiko Nakamura

Art Direction

Camera

Kuratarō Takamura

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Hanae Mori

Costume Design

Directing

Shōhei Imamura

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Mitsuo Onishi

Lighting Technician

Production

Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto

Production Manager

Sound

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound Recordist

Writing

Shōhei Imamura

Screenplay

Yūzō Kawashima

Screenplay

Art

Kimihiko Nakamura

Art Direction

Camera

Kuratarō Takamura

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Hanae Mori

Costume Design

Directing

Shōhei Imamura

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Mitsuo Onishi

Lighting Technician

Production

Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto

Production Manager

Sound

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound Recordist

Writing

Shōhei Imamura

Screenplay

Yūzō Kawashima

Screenplay