River Returns

Stand By Me if grief summoned storms. A boy in 1958 must hike to a haunted pool before a typhoon hits his cursed village. The film conjures folk-horror atmosphere with a thread of hope.

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Masakazu Kaneko directed River Returns in 2025. See Masakazu Kaneko's full filmography, where to start with Masakazu Kaneko, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masakazu Kaneko.

River Returns was released in 2025 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.