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River Returns

光る川
2025 108 min 12 Drama · Fantasy

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.

Directed by Masakazu Kaneko · Written by Masakazu Kaneko, Genki Yoshimura

Starring Sanetoshi Ariyama, Asuka Hanamura, Yo Aoi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Kinuo Yamada, Keisuke Horibe

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