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Black River

7.019571h 54mMovieCrimeDrama

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.

DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
WritersTakeo Tomishima·Zenzō Matsuyama
ProducerRyōtarō Kuwata

Where to watch

Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
Availability shown for United States · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

IAIneko Arima
Ineko Arima
Shizuko
FWFumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Nishida
TNTatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Joe
TNTomo'o Nagai
Tomo'o Nagai
Okada
KAKeiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji
Yasuko, Okada's Wife
ASAsao Sano
Asao Sano
Sakazaki
SMSeiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kin
IYIsuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Mikiko, Landlady
SM
Sue Mitobe
Mihide
ETEijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Kurihara
TTToyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi
Kurihara's Wife
NTNakajirō Tomita
Nakajirō Tomita
Yamaguchi

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Black River is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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