Underplayed Gems

The Black Current (1954)

The Black Current poster
Original title
黒い潮
Directed by
Sō Yamamura
Genre
true crime
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A journalist investigates a suspicious death that resembles a real 1949 incident. He follows leads and faces obstacles in postwar Japan.

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What happens

『黒い潮』(くろいしお)は、1954年8月31日に公開された日活製作の日本映画。 『蟹工船』に次ぐ俳優・山村聡の監督作品。井上靖の同名小説(『黯い潮』)を原作に、1949年に発生した「下山事件」をモデルにした不審死事件を追う新聞記者の奮闘を描く社会派映画となっている。第9回毎日映画コンクール美術賞(木村威夫)、男優主演賞(山村聡)、第5回ブルーリボン賞助演男優賞(東野英治郎)などを受賞した。第28回キネマ旬報ベスト・テン第4位。 冒頭の轢死シーンは合成特撮で表現されたが、特撮スタッフはクレジットに掲載されていない。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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