Muddy River
Japanese film poster.
Directed by	Kōhei Oguri
Written by	Teru Miyamoto
Produced by	Motoyasu Kimura
Starring	Takahiro Tamura
Cinematography	Shōhei Andō
Release date	30 January 1981 (1981-01-30)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Muddy River (泥の河, Doro no kawa) is a 1981 Japanese drama film directed by Kōhei Oguri. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[1] The film was also entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.^[2]

Plot

In the summer of 1956, two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. The two families' "businesses" are in fact dining and prostitution. When Nobuo, the restaurateur's son, loses his pocket money during the Tenjin Festival, Kiichi, the prostitute's boy, invites him home, and he learns the truth.

Cast

• Takahiro Tamura as Shinpei Itakura
• Mariko Kaga as Shoko Matsumoto, Kiichi and Ginko's mother
• Nobutaka Asahara as Nobuo Itakura
• Makiko Shibata as Ginko Matsumoto
• Minoru Sakurai as Kiichi Matsumoto
• Yumiko Fujita as Sadako Itakura, Nobuo's mother
• Gannosuke Ashiya as Shinoda, the horse cart man