Kuroi kawa

Oct 23 1957 N/A 1h 54m

Action, Crime, Drama

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.

Plot

Perhaps Kobayashi's most sordid film, Black River is an exposé of the rampant corruption on and around U.S. military bases following World War II. Kobayashi spirals out from the story of a love triangle that develops between a good-natured student, his innocent girlfriend, and a coldhearted petty criminal (Tatsuya Nakadai, in his first major role) to diagnose a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness, devolving into gangsterism, violence, and prostitution.

Written by

Zenzô Matsuyama, Takeo Tomishima

Directed by

Masaki Kobayashi

Cast

Fumio Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ineko Arima

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Shochiku

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores

# of Votes

1,269

Average Rating

7.2 out of 10

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