Kamifūsen
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The term kamifūsen refers to several types of paper balloons in Japanese culture. They are simple toys for children, advertising give-aways for traditional medicine companies, and illuminated flying b
A hand-held kamifūsen
Newlyweds playing with a kamifūsen
Chicken kamifūsen
Hot-air kamifūsen in Kamihinokinai in 2015
Humanity and Paper Balloons
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Humanity and Paper Balloons is a 1937 Japanese jidaigeki tragedy film directed by Sadao Yamanaka. The film follows the lives of the members of a small tenement community who live under the shadow of t
Kamifūsen
…markers for the copper mines in the mountains of the region, and also as entertainment. Two major Japanese films have featured kamifūsen in their titles. Humanity and Paper Balloons (人情紙風船, Ninjō Kami Fūsen) is an acclaimed 1937 drama film, and Torasan and a Paper Balloon (男はつらいよ 寅次郎紙風船, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Kamifūsen) is…
Humanity and Paper Balloons poster
A scene from the film