The Balloon

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s disabled daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.

Masayuki Mori

Haruki Murakami

Tatsuya Mihashi

Keikichi Murakami

Mie Kitahara

Mikiko Mikihara

Sachiko Hidari

Ruiko Aso

Izumi Ashikawa

Tamako Murakami

Michiyo Aratama

Kumiko Yamana

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Masataka Tsuzuki

Shinsuke Maki

Tatsujirô Aso

Shirō Amakusa

Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

Michisaburo Segawa

Shôta Nishimura

Yumi Takano

Fusako Murakami

Fudeko Tanaka

Shôta's Wife

Keiko Azuma

Woman Clerk

Yōko Benisawa

Landlady

Hiroshi Chō

Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

Kôtarô Date

Toyo Fukuda

Maid at Murakami's

Yoshirō Katō

Waiter at Tom