The Balloon
Trailer: The Balloon
Year: 1956
Genre: Drama
Studio: Nikkatsu Corporation
Director: Yūzō Kawashima
Cast: Masayuki Mori, Tatsuya Mihashi, Mie Kitahara, Sachiko Hidari, Izumi Ashikawa, Michiyo Aratama
Crew: Yūzō Kawashima (Director), Mitsuo Onishi (Lighting Technician), Shōhei Imamura (Screenplay), Yūzō Kawashima (Screenplay), Kuratarō Takamura (Director of Photography), Takeshi Yamamoto (Producer)
Runtime: 109 minutes
Release: Feb 19, 1956
IMDb: 6.30/10 by 10 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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