人情紙風船 (1937)

Drama

The story develops in the Tokugawa era of the 18th century, in a poor district of Tokyo, where impoverished samurai live from hand to mouth among equally poor people of lower social classes. One such ronin (masterless samurai) Matajuro, spends his day looking for work whilst his wife, Otaki, makes cheap paper balloons at home. One rainy night, Shinza, a barber, and equally penniless, impulsively abducts the daughter of a wealthy merchant, hiding her at Matajuro's home. Their desperate plan has grave consequences when a ransom attempt backfires. The film, which starts and ends with suicide, is deeply pessimistic, insisting that life in feudal Japan was hellish and short for those at the foot of the social ladder.

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Runtime: 86 mins Rating: 8.1

Cast

Daisuke Katô

Isuke

Kan'emon Nakamura

Shinza

Shizue Kawarazaki

Otaki

Chôjûrô Kawarasaki

Matajuro Unno

Noboru Kiritachi

Chôemon Bandô

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Kikunojo Segawa

Chushichi

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Crew

Mokuami Kawatake

Theatre Play

Sadao Yamanaka

Director

Shintarô Mimura

Screenplay

Akira Mimura

Director of Photography

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人情紙風船 (1937)

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