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Black River = Kuroi kawa
Title
Black River = Kuroi kawa / Shōchiku eiga ; seisaku, Kuwata Ryōtarō ; kyakuhon, Matsuyama Zenzō ; kantoku, Kobayashi Masaki.
黒い河 / 松竹映画 ; 製作, 桑田良太郎 ; 脚本, 松山善三 ; 監督, 小林正樹.
ISBN
9781604656961
1604656964
9781604656930
160465693X
Publication
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Original story by Tomishima Takeo.
Director of photography, Atsuta Yūharu ; editor, Hamamura Yoshiyasu ; music, Kinoshita Chūji.
Director of photography, 厚田雄春 ; editor, 浜村義康 ; music, 木下忠司.
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
Examines the rampant moral corruption on and around U.S. military bases in Japan 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 criminal to reveal a nation slowly succumbing to lawlessness and violence.
Variant and related titles
Kuroi kawa
English title on container and disc label: Black river
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
March 19, 2018
Series
Credits
Director of photography, Atsuta Yūharu ; editor, Hamamura Yoshiyasu ; music, Kinoshita Chūji.
Director of photography, 厚田雄春 ; editor, 浜村義康 ; music, 木下忠司.
Cast
Arima Ineko, Watanabe Fumio, Nakadai Tatsuya, Yamada Isuzu, Katsuragi Yoko, Awaji Keiko, Tōno Eijirō, Miyaguchi Seiji, Shimizu Masao, Takahashi Toyo, Kahara Natsuko, Miyoshi Eiko, Nagai Tomoo, Sano Asao, Tomita Nakajiro, Ogasawara Shojiro, Nagata Yasushi, Nakamura Zekō.
有馬稲子, 渡辺文雄, 仲代達矢, 山田五十鈴, 桂木洋子, 淡路恵子, 東野英治郎, 宮口精二, 清水将夫, 高橋とよ, 賀原夏子, 三好栄子, 永井智雄, 佐野浅夫, 富田仲次郎, 小笠原章二郎, 永田靖, 中村是好.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Videorecording number
ECL174 The Criterion Collection
ECL171 The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - Japan.
Foreign language films - Japanese.
Motion pictures - Japan.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
小林正樹, 1916-1996, director.
桑田良太郎, producer.
松山善三, screenwriter.
有馬稲子, actor.
渡辺文雄, 1929-2004, actor.
仲代達矢, 1932- actor.
山田五十鈴, 1917-2012, actor.
桂木洋子, actor.
淡路恵子, 1933-2014, actor.
東野英治郎, 1907-1994, actor.
宮口精二, 1913-1985, actor.
清水将夫, 1908-1975, actor.
三好栄子, actor.
木下忠司, 1916-2018, composer (expression)
富島健夫, 1931-1998. 黒い河.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
松竹株式会社.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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