Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Yūzō KawashimaScreenplay
- Jiro OsaragiNovel
- Original title
- 風船
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 19, 1956
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Masayuki MoriHaruki Murakami
Tatsuya MihashiKeikichi Murakami
Mie KitaharaMikiko Mikihara
Sachiko HidariRuiko Aso
Izumi AshikawaTamako Murakami
Michiyo AratamaKumiko Yamana
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiMasataka Tsuzuki- Shinsuke MakiTatsujirô Aso
Shirō AmakusaYamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner- Michisaburō SegawaShôta Nishimura
- Yumi TakanoFusako Murakami
Fudeko TanakaShôta's Wife- Keiko AzumaWoman Clerk
- Yoko BenisawaLandlady
- Hiroshi ChōSecretary (as Susumu Uemura)
- Kôtarô Date
- Toyo FukudaMaid at Murakami's
Yoshirō KatōWaiter at Tom
Reiko KubaMaid C- Yasuko MishimaMaid B
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