Muddy River
Growing up... the innocence of youth lost to the realities of friendship, death, sex and injustice.
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1/30/1981Runtime
105 minsGenres
Overview
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.
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JapaneseBudget
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A quietly devastating portrait of childhood friendship against the backdrop of economic hardship and social inequality. The film watches two boys navigate an unforgiving world with a restraint and poignancy that lingers long after it ends.
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Takahiro Tamura
Shinpei Itakura
Mariko Kaga
Shoko Matsumoto
Nobutaka Asahara
Nobuo Itakura
Makiko Shibata
Ginko Matsumoto
Minoru Sakurai
Kiichi Matsumoto
Yumiko Fujita
Sadako Itakura
Gannosuke Ashiya
Shinoda
Keizo Kanie
Policeman
Taiji Tonoyama
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Masako Yagi
Shinpei's First Wife
Reiko Hatsune
Tobacco Shop Woman
Yoshitaka Nishiyama
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