Humanity and Paper Balloons

August. 25,1937      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki as  Matajuro Unno
Kan'emon Nakamura as  Shinza
Shizue Kawarazaki as  Otaki
Noboru Kiritachi as  Okama
Daisuke Katō as  Isuke

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