Black River
Original title: Kuroi kawa
1957 · 1 h 54 min
Masaki KobayashiCast
Fumio Watanabe 
Ineko Arima 
Tatsuya Nakadai
Credits
Written by: 
Zenzō Matsuyama
Plot
A student falls in love with a woman near an American base.
Sinekatalog’s take
Masaki Kobayashi's drama follows a student who falls for a woman near a US military base and the gangster who exploits her. Tatsuya Nakadai is menacing in a bleak, gritty portrait of postwar Japan's corruption.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,392 votes)
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