Muddy River 泥の河 (Doro no Kawa)
7 – 9PM
Kohei Oguri (1945- ) affectionately portrays the friendship of children facing the harsh reality of social discrimination. The protagonist, a nine-year-old boy, grows up in a warm and loving working-class family. He befriends a boy and his sister living on a houseboat where their mother works as a prostitute. Takako Shigemori’s screenplay is based on Teru Miyamoto’s novel and the details of the children’s everyday lives are superbly captured by Shohei Ando’s cinematography. 1981, 105 min., 35mm, b&w, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Kohei Oguri. With Takahiro Tamura, Yumiko Fujita, Mariko Kaga.
TICKETS $12/$9 Japan Society members, seniors and students Buy tickets online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.
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