The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 4,644 2020s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
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!
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
115 audience votes
Key crew
- Junta YamaguchiDirector
- Makoto UedaWriter
- Koji TakimotoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Riko FujitaniMikoto
- Yuki TorigoeTaku
- Munenori NaganoHead Clerk
- Takashi SumitaHead Chef
- Masashi SuwaNomiya
- Gota IshidaKusumi
- Haruki NakagawaSugiyama
- Kazunari TosaHunter
- Shiori KuboHisame
- Yoshimasa KondoObata
- Manami HonjoKimi
- SaoriChino
Stills
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Themes
time loopkyoto, japanspeculativemeditativeplayfulryokanryoka
The Best Japanese Comedy Movies
River is #14 of 60
