Black River (Kuroi kawa) (黒い河)

A SHOCHIKU FILM

BLACK RIVER

INEKO ARIMA

FUMIO WATANABE TATSUYA NAKADAI

ISUZU YAMADA

YOKO KATSURAGI KEIKO AWAJI

EIJIRO TONO, SEIJI MIYAGUCHI MASAO SHIMIZU

TOYO TAKAHASHI, NATSUKO KAHARA EIKO MIYOSHI

TOMOO NAGAI, ASAO SANO NAKAJIRO TOMITA

SHOJIRO OGASAWARA YASUSHI NAGATA, ZEKO NAKAMURA

STAFF

Produced by RYOTARO KUWATA

Developed by NINJIN CLUB

Original Story by TAKEO TOMISHIMA

Screenplay by ZENZO MATSUYAMA

Cinematography by YUHARU ATSUTA

Music by CHUJI KINOSHITA

Production Design by SHUKEl HIRATAKA

Sound by HIDEO NISHIZAKI

Lighting by SEIJI SUDO

Edited by YOSHIYASU HAMAMURA

Directed by MASAKI KOBAYASHI

Get a load of her. Brother has a crush on her.

- Who is she? - A waitress.

A dishwasher with an attitude. I don't like her.

Hey, Brother.

Joe, how does this sound?

The train headed for Shinjuku will soon be arriving.

Please stay behind the line.

Other places ask for key money and a deposit.

We only ask for a deposit of one month's rent.

Isn't that generous? - Yes.

We require the rent to be paid on time.

I don't like dealing with unreliable people.

When I go to collect rent, they hide from me like sheep from a wolf.

I hope you're not like that.

No, I'm not.

This may be an odd question, but which political party do you support?

I'm not interested in politics.

That's fine.

We have one communist who won't leave.

Since the war ended, tenants seem to act superior to the landlord.

Let me show you the place. I'll collect the rent while I'm at it.

Idiot.

Oops, the landlady's here.

Such a pervert.

He's going out with that fake student.

Let me go see.

What? The landlady?

Hey, the white pig is coming.

You mean the landlady?

That old bag must be here to collect the rent.

Is this place worth paying rent for?

I'm here to collect the rent.

We're sorry, ma'am.

I know we're supposed to come pay you.

But my husband hasn't been paid yet.

You haven't paid for three months.

Yasui, I heard you ate 27 pieces of sushi yesterday.

What a luxury.

If I'd eaten 30, it would have been free.

You better pay the rent before you pay for your sushi.

Don't expect a bulk discount on your rent.

If you go six months without paying, I'll evict you.

This way, please.

Yes.

Hey, come take a look. This is the red-light district's Kabu card.

Mr. Kurihara.

Hello.

It's been hot, hasn't it?

I hope I can get it today.

Get what?

Don't play dumb. The rent.

Oh, the rent. I'll pay it.

But only if I have the money. Game on!

Wow.

Lazy bum.

Mr. Okada. Hello.

- Nice to see you. - It's very hot.

I have to make rice for each meal. What a pain.

I'm impressed. Your wife is very lucky.

No, don't flatter me.

This man will be moving in soon.

- I'm Nishida. Nice to meet you. - I'm Okada. Nice to meet you.

I never have to ask him for rent.

Don't embarrass me.

You're always on time. An exemplary tenant.

Please stop.

I should get going.

Mr. Nishida, this is your room. Please come in.

What do you think?

It looks a little dirty, but you can clean it.

Even if you clean it, a pig pen is still a pig pen.

Hey, open this door! Open it now!

A pig pen or a dog house,

you can say that only if you pay the rent on time.

A lazy pimp like you should feel lucky to have a roof over your head.

Listen up, everybody. Today is the 30th.

It's the last day of the month.

It's time to pay your rent.

You all must pay.

I'm so hot.

She's evil.

It's hot.

Hey, old lady, we've got something to tell you.

Can you go over to see Joe?

Why doesn't he come to me if he has something to say?

So what you're saying

is that Mr. Kuroki wants to buy the apartment.

What's he going to do with that shack?

How big is it?

5,700 square feet, including the backyard.

What will he do with it?

420 yen per square foot...

2.4 million yen total. Not bad.

I haven't said I'll sell it.

The whole area will probably be appropriated by the city.

The city would pay maybe 2,000 yen.

I'll accept that for the good of the country.

So I guess you're not interested in selling.

- Joe. - What is it?

You're pretty green. You don't know how to read people.

Are you talking about yourself?

Don't be so aloof.

Let's give democracy a try.

Give and take.

That sounds good.

What's the plan?

Will you buy out those monstrous residents, too?

We'll see.

Even monsters have right of occupancy.

Evicting them will cost money.

Don't try to raise the price.

I won't do it. I won't sell.

That's fine. I'm not the buyer anyway.

What a waste of time.

Thanks for coming in this heat.

What a gangly bastard, like a bean sprout.

I won't sell.

I found a nice one.

A feast for the eyes when you're tired from studying.

What do you think? Not bad, right?

Stop cleaning the floor.

Come to my room and drink some cocoa with me.

No, thank you.

It's from America. You have to try it.

Really, I'm fine.

I've got the hot water ready.

I have to clean.

Come on. Just for a little bit.

Here you go.

- Is this your wife? - Yes.

She works at a beauty salon.

She's a good beautician, but her customers are prostitutes.

She complains about their bad taste.

Isn't she pretty?

Let me have that.

How do we look?

How?

Like a nice couple.

- We eloped. - What?

She's a great wife.

I'm in the apartment all day long. I can't wait for her to come home.

Oh, she's here.

Yasuko.

Hello, dear.

Yasuko, what happened?

I had a few drinks.

Madam forced me to drink.

I barely made it back.

We have a guest, Yasuko.

I should get going.

This has never happened before.

Yasuko, listen. This is Mr. Nishida.

Water.

- Got it. - Water.

- Wait here. - I'll go get it.

Thank you.

Please hold me.

Okay, good girl.

There's a meeting about the utilities and waste removal fee tonight.

By Mr. Kim's apartment. - I see.

That tickles.

Let's go to bed now.

Okay, my love.

Serving sake in the middle of the day. Some beauty parlor, eh?

This month's utilities costs,

including the new lamp in the bathroom,

were 1,656 yen.

The waste removal fee has increased to 250 yen.

This month's fee is high.

The reason for the higher fee

is that the American military doesn't pay for any of the utilities.

So we have to cover their costs.

According to my research,

if the American military leaves our country,

we won't need thermal power generation.

That would lower our electricity costs.

"Yankee, go home." Is that it?

Welcome, welcome.