Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)

Director: Sadao Yamanaka

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.

Cast

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Matajuro Unno

Kan'emon Nakamura

Shinza

Shizue Kawarazaki

Otaki

Noboru Kiritachi

Okoma

Sensho Ichikawa

Kō Mihashi

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Landlord

Kikunojo Segawa

Chushichi

Chōemon Bandō