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The Balloon (1956 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Balloon

| image =

| caption =

| director = Yuzo Kawashima

| producer =

| writer = Shhei Imamura
Yuzo Kawashima
Jir Osaragi

| starring =

| music = Toshir Mayuzumi

| cinematography = Kuratar Takamura

| editing = Tadashi Nakamura

| distributor = Nikkatsu

| released = (Japan)

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

}}

is a 1956 black and white Japanese film drama directed by Yuzo Kawashima based on a novel by Jiro Osaragi and adapted for the screen by Kawashima and Shohei Imamura.'A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day', First Edition, Jacoby, Stone Bridge Press, 2008, p. 107

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.

Availability



In 2018 the Japanese film studio Nikkatsu and VOD platform MUBI collaborated on a retrospective of the work of Kawashima to be available to stream in the US to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. 'The Balloon' was among the films that were screened. In February 2020 the same retrospective was available to stream on MUBI in the Nordic countries.

Cast



*Masayuki Mori - Haruki Murakami

* Tatsuya Mihashi - Keikichi Murakami

* Mie Kitahara - Mikiko Mikihara

* Izumi Ashikawa - Tamako Murakami

* Michiyo Aratama - Kumiko Yamana

* Shir Amakusa - Yamaguchi, photo shop owner

References




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