The Balloon | |
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Directed by | Yūzō Kawashima |
Written by |
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Produced by | Takeshi Yamamoto |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kuratarō Takamura |
Edited by | Tadashi Nakamura |
Music by | Toshirō Mayuzumi |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release date | (Japan) |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Languages |
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The Balloon (風船, Fūsen) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Yūzō Kawashima. It was adapted by Kawashima and Shōhei Imamura from a novel by Jirō Osaragi. [1] [2] [3]
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.
In 2018, celebrating director Kawashima's 100th birthday, the Nikkatsu studio and VOD platform MUBI collaborated on a retrospective of his work to be available to stream in the US. The Balloon was among the films that were screened. [4]
The Balloon | |
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Directed by | Yūzō Kawashima |
Written by |
|
Produced by | Takeshi Yamamoto |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kuratarō Takamura |
Edited by | Tadashi Nakamura |
Music by | Toshirō Mayuzumi |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release date | (Japan) |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Languages |
|
The Balloon (風船, Fūsen) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Yūzō Kawashima. It was adapted by Kawashima and Shōhei Imamura from a novel by Jirō Osaragi. [1] [2] [3]
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.
In 2018, celebrating director Kawashima's 100th birthday, the Nikkatsu studio and VOD platform MUBI collaborated on a retrospective of his work to be available to stream in the US. The Balloon was among the films that were screened. [4]