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Humanity and Paper Balloons

1937·86 min

Humanity and Paper Balloons

Directed by Sadao Yamanaka

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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.

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Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Matajuro Unno

Kan'emon Nakamura

Shinza

Shizue Kawarazaki

Otaki

Noboru Kiritachi

Okoma

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Director of Photography

Masanobu Takeyama

Producer

Shintarō Mimura

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Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937) is about 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.

Who directed Humanity and Paper Balloons?

Sadao Yamanaka directed Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937).

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