Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1957 · 1h 54m

Black River

黒い河

Black River poster
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Cast
Fumio Watanabe as Nishida Ineko Arima as Shizuko Tatsuya Nakadai as Jo Asao Sano as Sakazaki Seiji Miyaguchi as Kin Eijirō Tōno as Kurihara
Crew
Yûharu Atsuta — Director of Photography Yoshiyasu Hamamura — Editor Chūji Kinoshita — Original Music Composer Zenzō Matsuyama — Writer Takeo Tomishima — Story Ryōtarō Kuwata — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
yakuzapetty criminal
Key Collaborators
Masaki Kobayashi Director Yûharu Atsuta Director of Photography Yoshiyasu Hamamura Editor Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer Zenzō Matsuyama Writer Takeo Tomishima Story Ryōtarō Kuwata Producer Ninjin Kurabu Production Design Yûji Nagashima Costume Design
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