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Humanity and Paper Balloons

7.9

1937

1h 26m

DramaHistory

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Overview

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.

Director: Sadao Yamanaka

Cast

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Matajuro Unno

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura

Shinza

Shizue Kawarazaki

Shizue Kawarazaki

Otaki

Noboru Kiritachi

Noboru Kiritachi

Okoma

Sensho Ichikawa

Kō Mihashi

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Genko

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Landlord

Kikunojo Segawa

Chushichi

Chōemon Bandō

Yabushi

Emitaro Ichikawa

Yatagoro

Takako Misaki

Okuma

Kikunosuke Ichikawa

Kanekichi

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Isuke

Rakusaburô Ichikawa

Yakichi

Toshio Arashi

Kozaburo Nakamura

Kosaburō Tachibana

Senzaemon Mori

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