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DORO NO KAWA (1981)

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Film details

Featuring

Inc. Tokyo Concerts Nobutaka Asahara Takahiro Tamura
Country

Japan
Year

1981
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

MUDDY RIVER Alternative

Synopsis

Set 10 years after World War II in Osaka in 1956. The film centres on the 11 year-old son of a couple who run a small restaurant on a river shore, and his friendship with, first, a junk collector - who later dies in a road accident, and then another boy of his own age.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - music performance
    
    Inc. Tokyo Concerts
  - Nobuo
    
    Nobutaka Asahara
  - Shinpei
    
    Takahiro Tamura
  - Sadako
    
    Yumiko Fujita
  - Kiichi
    
    Minoru Sakurai
  - Ginko
    
    Makiko Shibata
  - Kiichi's Mother
    
    Mariko Kaga
  - Horse-cart Man
    
    Gannosuke Ashiya
  - Tobacco-shop Woman
    
    Reiko Hatsune
  - Policeman
    
    Keizo Kanie
  - Warehouse Guard
    
    Yoshitaka Nishiyama
  - Man on Festival Boat
    
    Taiji Tonoyama
  - Shinpei's Ex-wife
    
    Masako Yagi
  - cast member
    
    Akira Matsuda
  - cast member
    
    Jun Suzuki
  - cast member
    
    Satoru Asao
  - cast member
    
    Isamu Kojima
  - cast member
    
    Takashi Minami
  - cast member
    
    Remi Kitagawa
  - cast member
    
    Mihoko Shimonishi
  - cast member
    
    Yoko Koga
  - cast member
    
    Naoki Nishikawa
  - cast member
    
    Keiichi Murato
  - cast member
    
    Akitsugu Moriyama
  - cast member
    
    Ryu Hagakure
  - cast member
    
    Shuichiro Nakano
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Kohei Oguri
  - Production Company
    
    Kimura Productions
  - Producer
    
    Motoyasu Kimura
  - Co-producer
    
    Hiroshi Fujikura
  - Production Assistant
    
    Mitsuo Yoshimura
  - Production Assistant
    
    Hiroshi Watabiki
  - Production Assistant
    
    Masanobu Yamamoto
  - Production Assistant
    
    Hiroko Horiyama
  - Assistant Director
    
    Akira Takashi
  - Assistant Director
    
    Eiichi Asada
  - Assistant Director
    
    Hiroshi Sasaki
  - Screenplay
    
    Takako Shigemori
  - Original novel
    
    Teru Miyamoto
  - Director of Photography
    
    Shohei Ando
  - Lighting
    
    Tadaaki Shimada
  - Assistant Photographer
    
    Kenjiro Matsukawa
  - Assistant Photographer
    
    Tokunori Kikumura
  - Assistant Photographer
    
    Satoshi Watanabe
  - Editor
    
    Nobuo Ogawa
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Yasushi Shimamura
  - Art Director
    
    Akira Naitô
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Terumi Hosoishi
  - Set Designer
    
    Shoichi Yasuda
  - Set Designer
    
    Kazuhiko Ishida
  - Make-up
    
    Gisho Okamoto
  - Music
    
    Kuroudo Mori
  - Sound Recording
    
    Hideo Nishizaki
  - Sound Recording
    
    Hiroyuki Hirai
  - English subtitles
    
    Donald Richie
  - English subtitles
    
    Tadashi Shishido

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