is a 1981 Japanese
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Kōhei Oguri
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Gunma, Oguri first became a freelance assistant director after graduating from Waseda University. He made his directorial debut in 1981 with '' Muddy River'', which earned him both a J ...
. It was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
.
It was also entered into the
12th Moscow International Film Festival
The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film ''O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free Fi ...
where it won the Silver Prize.
Plot
In the summer of
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
, Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
, become close friends. The two families' "businesses" are in fact dining and prostitution. When Nobuo, the restaurateur's son, loses his pocket money during the Tenjin Festival, Kiichi, the prostitute's boy, invites him home, and he learns the truth.
Cast
*
Takahiro Tamura
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando.
Biography
Tamura graduated from Dosh ...
as Shinpei Itakura
*
Mariko Kaga
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Scouted in Shibuya, Kaga starred in the television drama ''Yonjū hassai no teikō'' in 1962. She became known for playing femme fatale characters in films such as '' Pale Flower'' and ''Getsuyōbi no Yuka''. She w ...
as Shoko Matsumoto, Kiichi and Ginko's mother
*
Nobutaka Asahara as Nobuo Itakura
*
Makiko Shibata as Ginko Matsumoto
*
Minoru Sakurai as Kiichi Matsumoto
*
Yumiko Fujita
Yumiko Fujita (藤田 弓子; born 12 September 1945 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Selected filmography Film
* '' If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970)
* ''Under the Flag of the Rising Sun'' (1972)
* ''Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu ...
as Sadako Itakura, Nobuo's mother
*
Gannosuke Ashiya as Shinoda, the horse cart man
See also
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References
External links
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1981 films
1981 drama films
Japanese drama films
1980s Japanese-language films
Films directed by Kôhei Oguri
Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
1980s Japanese films
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