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The Black Current

10.019541h 53mMovieDrama

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.

DirectorSo Yamamura

WriterRyuzo Kikushima

ProducerMasayuki Takagi

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The Black Current hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 19, 1954. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.