The River with No Bridge (橋のない川) 32 years old

A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside. The two boys are continuously harassed by their teachers and classmates through their childhood as a result of their Buraku heritage. In the midst of the 1918 Great Rice Riots in Osaka, Seitaro meets with Asako, the daughter of a rice shop owner, and falls in love with her. She too is of Buraku descent. At the same period, Hideaki, an old friend of the brothers returns to Komori, and he along with Koji and the townspeople create "Zenkoku Suiheisha", the National Levelers Association, an organization pledged to build a bridge over the river of discrimination, making all people equal in every way.

Credits

Atsuro Watabe as Koji Hatanaka

Tamao Nakamura as Nui Hatanaka

Etsushi Takahashi as Munenori Iseda

Saki Takaoka as Nanae Minemura

Hiroko Nakajima as Asako Sugimoto

Naoko Otani as Fude Hatanaka

The River with No Bridge Cast

Name	Character
Atsuro Watabe He was 24, now 56 years old	as Koji Hatanaka
Tamao Nakamura She was 52, now 85 years old	as Nui Hatanaka
Etsushi Takahashi He was 56, 60 years old when he died	as Munenori Iseda
Saki Takaoka She was 19, now 52 years old	as Nanae Minemura
Hiroko Nakajima She was 21, now 53 years old	as Asako Sugimoto
Naoko Otani She was 42, now 74 years old	as Fude Hatanaka

The River with No Bridge Crew

Name	Department
Koichi Kawakami as Director of Photography.	Camera
Osamu Inoue as Editor. He was 59 (now 92) years old	Editing
Yōichi Higashi as Director. He was 57 (now 90) years old	Directing
Akira Naitô as Art Direction.	Art

The River with No Bridge (32 years)

Release day: Saturday, May 23, 1992
Runtime: 142 minutes