Muddy River

Muddy River

Growing up... the innocence of youth lost to the realities of friendship, death, sex and injustice.

1981105 min7.3 / 10

A tender, melancholic portrait of childhood friendship and coming-of-age in post-war Osaka, where innocence gradually gives way to the harsh realities of class, mortality, and injustice.

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

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