Muddy River

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

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

Takahiro Tamura

Shinpei Itakura

Mariko Kaga

Shoko Matsumoto, Kiichi and Ginko's mother

Nobutaka Asahara

Nobuo Itakura

Makiko Shibata

Ginko Matsumoto

Minoru Sakurai

Kiichi Matsumoto

Yumiko Fujita

Sadako Itakura, Nobuo's mother

Gannosuke Ashiya

Shinoda, the horse cart man

Keizo Kanie

Policeman

Taiji Tonoyama

Man on festival boat

Masako Yagi

Shinpei's first wife

Reiko Hatsune

Tobacco shop woman

Yoshitaka Nishiyama

Warehouse guard