Black River (1957)
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
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Synopsis
This grim crime drama, set in a post-World War II shanty town that surrounds an American Naval Air facility, revolves around naive student Nishida (Fumio Watanabe), brutal thug Killer Joe and innocent Shizuko, whom they both want. After Joe assaults her, Shizuko descends into a maelstrom of degradation and violence that Nishida is powerless to stop. Ineko Arima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Seiji Miyaguchi.