Muddy River

IMDb link: 0082280
IMDb rating: 7.8 (1,170 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Kohei Oguri
Cast: Takahiro Tamura, Mariko Kaga, Nobutaka Asahara, Makiko Shibata and others

Release date: 30 Jan 1981
Release year: 1981
Runtime: 105 minutes
Country: Japan
Keywords: family relationships, river, prostitution, actual animal killed, post world war two, veteran, death, animal abuse, growing up, 1950s

Plot:

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. The two families' "businesses" are in fact dining and prostitution. When Nobou, the restauranteur's son, loses his pocket money during the Tenjin Festival, Kiichi, the prostitute's boy, invites him home, and he learns the truth.

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