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The Balloon (1956 film)

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The Balloon
Directed byYūzō Kawashima
Written by
Produced byTakeshi Yamamoto
Starring
CinematographyKuratarō Takamura
Edited byTadashi Nakamura
Music byToshirō Mayuzumi
Production
company
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • 19 February 1956 (1956-02-19)[1][2]
(Japan)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
Languages
  • Japanese
  • German

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]

Plot

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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.

Cast

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Home media

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fūsen". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Fūsen (1956)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Fūsen". Nikkatsu (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ^ "MUBI to curate Kawashima homage". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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