
Humanity and Paper Balloons

Watch movie: Humanity and Paper Balloons Released in (1937) produced by Japan, The movie categorized in Drama, Action, and content rating 1h 26min with duration 86 min Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Ishirō Honda, Sadao Yamanaka. The story develops in the Tokugawa era of the 18th century, in a poor district of Tokyo, where impoverished samurai live from hand to mouth among equally poor people of lower social classes. One such ronin (masterless samurai) Matajuro, spends his day looking for work whilst his wife, Otaki, makes cheap paper balloons at home. One rainy night, Shinza, a barber, and equally penniless, impulsively abducts the daughter of a wealthy merchant, hiding her at Matajuro's home. Their desperate plan has grave consequences when a ransom attempt backfires. The film, which starts and ends with suicide, is deeply pessimistic, insisting that life in feudal Japan was hellish and short for those at the foot of the social ladder.
Actor: Chôemon Bandô, Emitaro Ichikawa, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Noboru Kiritachi, Kan'emon Nakamura, Tsuruzo Nakamura, Sukezô Sukedakaya, Shizue Kawarazaki, Toshio Arashi, Kikunosuke Ichikawa
Director: Ishirō Honda, Sadao Yamanaka
Country: Japan
Produced By: P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo, Zenshinza Theatre Company
Runtime: 86
Release: 1937
Rating: 7.9 out of 10
Language: 日本語, ja,
Views: 169
Content Rating:1h 26min
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Ninjô Kami FûSen
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