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19571h 54mJapanese

Black River

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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.

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DirectorMasaki Kobayashi

Keywords

yakuzapetty criminal

Cast

Fumio Watanabe as Nishida

Fumio Watanabe

Nishida

Ineko Arima as Shizuko

Ineko Arima

Shizuko

Tatsuya Nakadai as Jo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Jo

Asao Sano as Sakazaki

Asao Sano

Sakazaki

Seiji Miyaguchi as Kin

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kin

Eijirō Tōno as Kurihara

Eijirō Tōno

Kurihara

Isuzu Yamada as Landlady

Isuzu Yamada

Landlady

Tomo'o Nagai as Okada (uncredited)

Tomo'o Nagai

Okada (uncredited)

Keiko Awaji as Okada's Wife (uncredited)

Keiko Awaji

Okada's Wife (uncredited)

Natsuko Kahara as (uncredited)

Natsuko Kahara

(uncredited)