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U.S. and Thailand-based Est N8 has picked up the international rights to Japanese fantasy drama “River Returns.”

The film which explores the intersection of tradition, nature, and a young boy’s bravery in the face of impending disaster will be given its market debut at the American Film Market this week before heading to a world premiere in competition at the Gijon International Film Festival in Spain later this month.

Directed by Kaneko Masakazu, “River Returns” unfolds in 1958 and follows Yucha, a boy who lives in a small mountain village constantly threatened by typhoons. As a deadly storm approaches, Yucha learns of a sorrowful spirit, Oyo, whose grief has been causing devastating floods for hundreds of years. The young boy embarks on a perilous journey deep into the mountains to confront the spirit and prevent the destruction of his village. Along the way, Yucha must return a wooden bowl...

Takagi (Yosuke Kubozuka) is a taxi driver who has been abandoned by both society and his family. One day, he learns from Sakaguchi (Yo Aoi), a gambling-mad ex-Sdf officer, about a painting involving a huge sum of money. Takagi plans to steal the painting with his colleagues in order to start his life over. However, due to a number of accidents, the situation takes an unexpected turn.

Kenji Maki writes and directs this crime suspense which opens in Japan on February 10, 2023.

University is supposed to be a time where you start off naïve, but come out the other side ready for the real world. But, as is the case for many of us, Horigai (Yui Sakuma) is approaching the end of her time in higher education but is far from ready for anything. Ryohei Yoshino’s third feature “Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots”, however, is an assured piece from a director that looks to be finding the right course.

Eternally Younger than Those Idiots is screening at Camera Japan

Having already arranged a child welfare role in her hometown, Horigai spends her last few months of uni handing out surveys as part of her thesis. But she’s in no hurry to get it written, and so spends her days lazing about. But with time on her hands, and an impending job that will prove difficult, she starts to develop an...

University is supposed to be a time where you start off naïve, but come out the other side ready for the real world. But, as is the case for many of us, Horigai (Yui Sakuma) is approaching the end of her time in higher education but is far from ready for anything. Ryohei Yoshino’s third feature “Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots”, however, is an assured piece from a director that looks to be finding the right course.

“Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots” is screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

Having already arranged a child welfare role in her hometown, Horigai spends her last few months of uni handing out surveys as part of her thesis. But she’s in no hurry to get it written, and so spends her days lazing about. But with time on her hands, and an impending job that will prove difficult,...