CinemaOSMovie · 1957 · 1h 54m
Black River
70%(36)IMDbCrimeDrama

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.

Directed byMasaki Kobayashi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 54m
Language
JA
Released
October 23, 1957
Studios
Shochiku

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima

Shizuko

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Nishida

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Joe

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Okada

Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Yasuko, Okada's wife

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Sakazaki

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kin

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Mikiko, landlady

Sue Mitobe

Mihide

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Kurihara

Creative team
Directed by
Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi
Written by
Takeo Tomishima
Zenzō Matsuyama
Zenzō Matsuyama
Produced by
Ryōtarō Kuwata

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