River of Mud

In 1955, Nobuo (played by Yasuki Asahara) lived with his father (played by Takahiro Tamura) and mother (played by Yumiko Fujita), and the family opened a small restaurant by the Ni River in Osaka. The uncle who drives the carriage and does hard work, the unknown man who fishes at night, and the taciturn Nobuo stare at the people in these slums with his eyes. One rainy day, Nobuo met Kiichi (played by Minoru Sakurai) who was living on a houseboat across the river from his restaurant, and her sister Ginko (played by Shinoko Shibata), and they soon became good friends. However, Kiichi's mother (played by Masako Kaga) is despised by the people around her for some unspeakable reason, which makes the two siblings always have gloomy and unhappy expressions on their faces. However, they are very sensible and come to visit Xiong's family. Until one day, Nobuo's father suddenly went out. Nobuo accidentally glimpses an unbearable secret on the ship... One of the most tear-dropping and shocking children's movies in the history of movies. The film won the 1982 Japan Film Institute Award for Best Director and Best Cinematography; the 1982 Japan Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film and Best Cinematography; the 1982 Japan Film Awards for Best Director, Best Film, and Best Actor; the 1983 Hawaii International Film Festival for Best Feature Film; the 1981 Moscow International Film Festival.