
The Balloon
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.
The Balloon
February 19, 1956
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Cast (26)

Masayuki Mori
Haruki Murakami

Tatsuya Mihashi
Keikichi Murakami

Mie Kitahara
Mikiko Mikihara

Sachiko Hidari
Ruiko Aso

Izumi Ashikawa
Tamako Murakami

Michiyo Aratama
Kumiko Yamana

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Masataka Tsuzuki

Shinsuke Maki
Tatsujirô Aso

Shirō Amakusa
Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

Michisaburō Segawa
Shôta Nishimura

Yumi Takano
Fusako Murakami

Fudeko Tanaka
Shôta's Wife

Keiko Azuma
Woman Clerk

Yoko Benisawa
Landlady

Hiroshi Chō
Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

Kôtarô Date
N/A

Toyo Fukuda
Maid at Murakami's

Yoshirō Katō
Waiter at Tom

Reiko Kuba
Maid C

Yasuko Mishima
Maid B

Aiko Nakayama
Woman Student A

Mikiko Sakai
Madame at Minotaur

Aomi Shiba
N/A

Kaoru Ueha
N/A

Kô Date
N/A

Yuki Tsutsumi
Woman Student B
Crew (14)
Directing

Yūzō Kawashima
Director

Shōhei Imamura
Assistant Director
Writing
Production

Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto
Production Manager

Takeshi Yamamoto
Producer
Sound

Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer

Fumio Hashimoto
Sound Recordist
Art

Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
Camera

Kuratarō Takamura
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Hanae Mori
Costume Design
Crew
No data availableEditing

Tadashi Nakamura
Editor
Lighting

Mitsuo Onishi
Lighting Technician