Cast & crew
The Balloon (1956)
Directed by Yūzō Kawashima Written by Shōhei Imamura, Yūzō Kawashima
Cast
| Masayuki Mori | Ashida Haruki |
| Tatsuya Mihashi | Keikichi |
| Mie Kitahara | Mikiko |
| Sachiko Hidari | Ruiko |
| Izumi Ashikawa | Tamako |
| Michiyo Aratama | Yamana |
| Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi | Daijirô Masataka |
| Shinsuke Maki | Hiroki Aso |
| Shirō Amakusa | Shop Owner |
| Michisaburō Segawa | Nishimura |
| Fudeko Tanaka | Melartin's Wife |
| Yumi Takano | Fusako |
| Keiko Azuma | Store Clerk |
| Yoko Benisawa | 1954 Landlady |
| Hiroshi Chō | Susumu Kodai |
| Kôtarô Date | |
| Toyo Fukuda | Maid |
| Yoshirō Katō | Waiter |
| Reiko Kuba | Maid |
| Yasuko Mishima | Maid |
| Aiko Nakayama | Coolie A |
| Mikiko Sakai | Minotaur |
| Aomi Shiba | |
| Kaoru Ueha | |
| Kô Date | |
| Yuki Tsutsumi | Coach B |
Crew
| Kuratarō Takamura | Director of Photography |
| Mitsuo Onishi | Lighting Technician |
| Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Yūzō Kawashima | Screenplay |
| Yūzō Kawashima | Director |
| Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto | Production Manager |
| Shōhei Imamura | Assistant Director |
| Kimihiko Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Hanae Mori | Costume Design |
| Takeshi Yamamoto | Producer |
| Tadashi Nakamura | Editor |
| Jiro Osaragi | Novel |
| Fumio Hashimoto | Sound Recordist |