Black River
7.2
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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Cast
38 people
Ineko Arima
Shizuko
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Tokyo Twilight
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Fumio Watanabe
Nishida
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Tatsuya Nakadai
Joe
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Ran
Harakiri
Tomo'o Nagai
Okada
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Ikiru
Ten Women in Black
Keiko Awaji
Yasuko, Okada's Wife
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Stray Dog
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Asao Sano
Sakazaki
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Cruel Story of Youth
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kin
Known for
Seven Samurai
Shōgun
Isuzu Yamada
Mikiko, Landlady
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Sue Mitobe
Mihide
Known for
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Eijirō Tōno
Kurihara
Known for
Seven Samurai
Tokyo Story
Toyo Takahashi
Kurihara's Wife
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Nakajirō Tomita
Yamaguchi
Known for
Throne of Blood
Harakiri
Masaki Kobayashi Director · Zenzō Matsuyama Writer Takeo Tomishima Story
United States release April 16, 2013 · Produced in Japan · Original title 黒い河
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
黒い河
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 23, 1957
Theatrical
United States · April 16, 2013
Physical · DVD
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