Black River

Name: Black River
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1957
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 6.972

1957 · 114 min

Crime · Drama

★ 7.0

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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.

Crew

Director Masaki Kobayashi
Writer Zenzō Matsuyama
Story Takeo Tomishima
Director of Photography Yûharu Atsuta

Cast

Fumio Watanabe
Nishida
Ineko Arima
Shizuko
Tatsuya Nakadai
Jo
Asao Sano
Sakazaki
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kin
Eijirō Tōno
Kurihara
Isuzu Yamada
Landlady
Tomo'o Nagai
Okada (uncredited)
Keiko Awaji
Okada's Wife (uncredited)
Natsuko Kahara
(uncredited)
C
Chisato Kasuga
(uncredited)
Yōko Katsuragi
(uncredited)

Crew

Director — Masaki Kobayashi
Writer — Zenzō Matsuyama
Story — Takeo Tomishima
Director of Photography — Yûharu Atsuta

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