is a 1981 Japanese drama film directed by Kōhei Oguri. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.
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
See also
List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film