Black River (1957)
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.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Ineko Arima as Shizuko |
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Fumio Watanabe as Nishida |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Joe |
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Tomo'o Nagai as Okada |
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Keiko Awaji as Yasuko, Okada's Wife |
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Asao Sano as Sakazaki |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Kin |
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Isuzu Yamada as Mikiko, Landlady |
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Sue Mitobe as Mihide |
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Eijirō Tōno as Kurihara |
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Toyo Takahashi as Kurihara's Wife |
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Nakajirō Tomita as Yamaguchi |
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Chisato Kasuga as Ayako |
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Kin Sugai as Mother |
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Kanji Ōsugi as Yasui |
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Natsuko Kahara as Yasui's Wife |
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Yōko Katsuragi as Sachiko, Joe's Girlfriend |
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Masao Shimizu as Kuroki |
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Shojiro Ogasawara as Husband |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Procuress |
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Yasushi Nagata as Doctor |
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Zeko Nakamura as Old Man |
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Masao Oda as Chief |
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Tamotsu Tamura as Joe's Henchman |
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Kôichi Kitami as Joe's Henchman |
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Mitsugu Fujita as Joe's Henchman |
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Kazuo Kobayashi as Joe's Henchman |
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Akio Ikezuki as Joe's Henchman |
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Reiko Minakami as Nurse |
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Shinichirō Minami as Pimp |
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Daijirô Minami as Pimp |
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Jun Ōtomo as Pimp |
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Yôko Chimura as Waitress |
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Aiko Ikumi as Waitress |
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Haruko Chichibu as Cabaret Girl |
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Yoshiko Togawa as Cabaret Girl |
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Minako Paul as Cabaret Girl |
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Tsuneko Sasaki as Old Woman |
| Writing | Takeo Tomishima | Story |
| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Director |
| Art | Kazue Hirataka | Art Direction |
| Production | Ikuo Kogiso | Production Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yûji Nagashima | Costume Design |
| Art | Michisaburô Yasuda | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ninjin Kurabu | Production Design |
| Production | Ryōtarō Kuwata | Producer |
| Camera | Yûharu Atsuta | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Yûgorô Imai | Assistant Director |
| Art | Kintarô Yamamoto | Set Designer |
| Editing | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | Editor |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound |
| Sound | Mitsuru Kaneko | Sound mixer |
| Sound | Shinichi Kishimoto | Sound |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Writer |
