Humanity and Paper Balloons

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.

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  Sadao Yamanaka
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  Ishirō Honda

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  Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
  Matajuro Unno
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  Kan'emon Nakamura
  Shinza
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  Shizue Kawarazaki
  Otaki
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  Noboru Kiritachi
  Okoma
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  Sensho Ichikawa
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  Kō Mihashi
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  Tsuruzo Nakamura
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  Sukezō Sukedakaya
  Landlord
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  Kikunojo Segawa
  Chushichi
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  Chōemon Bandō
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  Emitaro Ichikawa
  Yatagoro
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  Takako Misaki
  Okuma
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  Kikunosuke Ichikawa
  Kanekichi
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  Daisuke Katō
  Isuke
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  Rakusaburô Ichikawa
  Yakichi
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  Toshio Arashi
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  Kozaburo Nakamura
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  Kosaburō Tachibana
  Senzaemon Mori