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Black River

Black River

1957 · Crime · movie74 ratings

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era.

in 9 passports

cast

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Nishida

Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima

Shizuko

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Jo

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Sakazaki

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kin

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Kurihara

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Landlady

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Okada (uncredited)

Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Okada's Wife (uncredited)

Natsuko Kahara

Natsuko Kahara

(uncredited)

Chisato Kasuga

(uncredited)

Yōko Katsuragi

Yōko Katsuragi

(uncredited)

director

Masaki Kobayashi

where to watch

Criterion Channel

information

genres

Crime, Drama

original title

黒い河

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