Humanity and Paper Balloons
- Humanity and Paper Balloons
Infobox Film
name = Humanity and Paper Balloons
caption =
director = Sadao Yamanaka
producer = Toho
writer = Shintaro Mimura
starring = Chojuro Kawarazaki
Kanemon Nakamura
Tsurozo Nakamura
Choemon Bando
Suzeko Suketakaya
Emitaro Ichikawa
Noboru Kiritachi
Shizue Yamagishi
distributor = Toho
music = Tadashi Ota
cinematography = Akira Mimura
released = 25 August, 1937
runtime = 86 min
country = flagicon|Japan Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
awards =
imdb_id = 0029314
amg_id = 1:143674
nihongo|"Humanity and Paper Balloons"|人情紙風船|""'Ninjo kami fusen"|1937 is the last film completed by Japanese filmmaker Sadao Yamanaka. Largely unknown outside of Japan until recent years, the film has been hailed by critics (Tadao Sato, Donald Ritchie), and a number of other Japanese filmmakers (Akira Kurosawa among them) as one of the most influential examples of jidaigeki, or Japanese period films. The story is set in the 18th century, and dramatically depicts the struggles and schemes of Unno, a ronin, or masterless samurai in feudal Japan.
Yamanaka was drafted into the Japanese army, entering the service on the day "Humanity and Paper Balloons" was released theatrically, and died during the war at the age of 29, while stationed in Manchuria. With the exception of this film, and 2 others, Yamanaka's 30+ films were lost after the war.
References
*Donald Richie: "100 Years Of Japanese Cinema", Kodansha, 2003.
*Arne Svensson: "Japan: Screen Series", Zwemmer/Barnes, 1970.
External links
* [http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/humanity-and-paper-balloons/essay/ "Humanity and Paper Balloons" essay] by Tony Rayns
* [http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/humanity-and-paper-balloons/trailer/011-humanity-and-paper-balloons.mov Film trailer] at Masters of Cinema
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* " [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1937/bm003440.htm Humanity and Paper Balloons] " at the Japanese Movie Database
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