| The Balloon | |
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| Directed by | Yūzō Kawashima |
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| Produced by | Takeshi Yamamoto |
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| Cinematography | Kuratarō Takamura |
| Edited by | Tadashi Nakamura |
| Music by | Toshirō Mayuzumi |
| Production company | Nikkatsu |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
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The Balloon (風船, Fūsen) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Yūzō Kawashima. It was adapted by Kawashima and Shōhei Imamura from a novel by Jirō Osaragi.
Plot
In post-war Japan, a middle aged family man connects with a woman from his past. He has two children, an arrogant son who is torn between his mistress and a new lover, and a disabled daughter who gets mixed up in the affair.
Cast
- Masayuki Mori as Haruki Murakami
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Keikichi Murakami
- Mie Kitahara as Mikiko Mikihara
- Izumi Ashikawa as Tamako Murakami
- Michiyo Aratama as Kumiko Yamana
- Shirō Amakusa as Yamaguchi
- Sachiko Hidari as Ruiko
Home media
In 2018, celebrating director Kawashima's 100th birthday, the Nikkatsu studio and VOD platform MUBI collaborated on a retrospective of his work to be available to stream in the US. The Balloon was among the films that were screened.
References
- ^ "Fūsen". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Fūsen (1956)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- "Fūsen". Nikkatsu (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- "MUBI to curate Kawashima homage". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
External links
- The Balloon at IMDb
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