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Dominican Rep. The Balloon
- Original title
- Fûsen
- Year
- 1956
- Running time
- 110 min.
- Country
Japan- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Masayuki Mori- Shirô Amakusa
Michiyo Aratama
Izumi Ashikawa- Keiko Azuma
- Yôko Benisawa
- Hiroshi Chô
- Kô Date
- Toyo Fukuda
Sachiko Hidari- Yoshirô Katô
Mie Kitahara- Reiko Kuba
- Shinsuke Maki
Tatsuya Mihashi- Yasuko Mishima
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- Music
- Cinematography
Kurataro Takamura (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance
- Synopsis
- Haruki Murakami (Masayuki Mori), once lionized as a master painter, is now the president of a thriving camera company where his son Keikichi (Tatsuya Mihashi) is also employed as one of the department heads. His daughter Tamako (Izumi Ashikawa) has suffered from a fragile constitution ever since she contracted polio as a little girl, and spends much of the time secluded in her room where she immerses herself in her drawings.
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