An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water
Kanjiにごりえ
Directed byTadashi Imai
Written by
Based onShort stories
by Ichiyō Higuchi
Produced by
  • Takeo Itō
  • Chieko Yoshida
  • Shizue Miyamoto
Starring
CinematographyShun'ichirō Nakao
Music byIkuma Dan
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 23 November 1953 (1953-11-23) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
130 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

An Inlet of Muddy Water (Japanese: にごりえ, romanized: Nigorie), also titled Muddy Waters, is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai. Based on three short stories by Ichiyō Higuchi, it received numerous national film prizes and is regarded as a major work of Imai by film historians.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ a b "にごりえ (An Inlet of Muddy Water)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company.
  4. ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
  5. ^ McDonald, Keiko I. (2006). Reading a Japanese Film: Cinema in Context. University of Hawaii Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780824829933.