The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying to live a real human life, violating the cruel laws of the passing generation.
Akira Kobayashi
Joe Shishido
Chieko Matsubara
Hideo Murata
Saburo Kitajima
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Shirō Ōsaka
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Midori Satsuki
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying to live a real human life, violating the cruel laws of the passing generation.
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