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River

River

Another "two minutes"

20236.91h 26m

Overview

The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!

Directed by Junta Yamaguchi
Written by Makoto Ueda
Produced by Takahiro Otsuki
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Top Cast

Riko Fujitani

Riko Fujitani

Mikoto

Yuki Torigoe

Yuki Torigoe

Taku

Munenori Nagano

Munenori Nagano

Head Clerk

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Takashi Sumita

Head Chef

Masashi Suwa

Masashi Suwa

Nomiya

Gota Ishida

Gota Ishida

Kusumi

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Haruki Nakagawa

Sugiyama

Kazunari Tosa

Kazunari Tosa

Hunter

Shiori Kubo

Shiori Kubo

Hisame

Yoshimasa Kondo

Yoshimasa Kondo

Obata

Themes & Keywords

time loopkyoto, japanspeculativemeditativeplayfulryokanryoka

About River

River is a comedy, science fiction, fantasy film released in 2023 exploring themes of time loop, kyoto, japan, speculative, meditative, playful, ryokan. Directed by Junta Yamaguchi, it stars Riko Fujitani, Yuki Torigoe, Munenori Nagano. The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!

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