RIVER RETURNS

From writer-director Masakazu, known for Ring Wandering, which won the Golden Peacock Award (Grand Prix) at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), and Special Mention in Ecumenical Jury Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival (WFF). River Returns tells a beautiful fantasy story about nature, humans, spirits, and tradition.

Genre:

Fantasy/Drama

Length:

1:48:21

Language:

Japanese

Director:

Masakazu Kaneko (Ring Wandering)

Writer:

Cast:

Sanetoshi Ariyama 有山実俊 (Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. Kyoryuger) Asuka Hanamura 華村飛鳥 (City Hunter, Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!)

In 1958, as a deadly typhoon approaches, a young boy embarks on a perilous journey to a haunted mountain pool, determined to calm a sorrowful spirit whose grief has cursed the village with devastating floods.