Aug 25, 1937
86 min
Full-HD

Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)

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.

Category

Drama History

Country

Japan

Companies

P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo Zenshinza Theatre Company

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Matajuro Unno

Kan'emon Nakamura

Shinza

Shizue Kawarazaki

Otaki

Noboru Kiritachi

Okoma

Sensho Ichikawa

Kō Mihashi

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Genko

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Landlord

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