Muddy River (1981)

Original title

泥の河

Directed by

Kōhei Oguri

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two young boys become friends in postwar Osaka. One lives with his parents at a tiny restaurant on a boat. The other lives on a houseboat with his mother who works as a prostitute.

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What happens

Muddy River (Japanese: 泥の河, Hepburn: Doro no Kawa) is a 1981 Japanese drama film directed by Kōhei Oguri and based on the short story with the same title by Teru Miyamoto. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was also entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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