Sadao Yamanaka
Director
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.
Keywords: imdb.lie, imdb.lower-class, imdb.dignity, imdb.sake, imdb.samurai, imdb.barber, imdb.husband-wife-relationship + 24 more, imdb.alcoholic, imdb.poverty, imdb.pawnshop, imdb.criminal-gang, imdb.letter, imdb.human-dignity, imdb.landlord, imdb.pride, imdb.suicide, imdb.social-realism, imdb.ronin, imdb.kidnapping, imdb.jidai-geki, imdb.japan, imdb.feudal-japan, imdb.class-differences, imdb.18th-century, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, tmdb.honor, tmdb.ronin, tmdb.pawnshop, imdb.samurai-action, aspectratio.1-37-1
Watch Providers: Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Plex, Cineverse + 2 more, Plex Channel, Philo
Production Companies: P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo, Zenshinza Theatre Company
Country: Japan
Production Country:
Japan
Languages:
Japanese
Recommendations
Runtime: 86 min.
Released: Aug. 25, 1937
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+