River (2023)

Original title

リバー、流れないでよ

Directed by

Junta Yamaguchi

Genre

comedy film, science fiction film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 112 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of people at a traditional Japanese inn find themselves trapped in a two-minute time loop. They must work together to understand the loop and find a way to break it.

lightheartedquirkywhimsicaltime-loopcomedicunderstatedplayfulpuzzle-like

What happens

River (Japanese: リバー、流れないでよ, romanized: ribā, nagarenaide yo, lit. 'River, Don't Flow') is a 2023 Japanese comedy film directed by Junta Yamaguchi, written by Makoto Ueda, and starring Riko Fujitani. It was produced by Europe Kikaku. The film shares much of the same cast as Ueda and Yamaguchi's 2020 film Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, which also involves a time-travel plot. Set in an old ryokan in the village of Kibune in winter, the movie follows the story of a group of people who get caught in a repeating two-minute loop. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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