22 March 2025 Fantasy, Drama 108 mins
In 1958, as a deadly typhoon approaches, a young boy embarks on a perilous journey to a haunted mountain pool, determined to calm a sorrowful spirit whose grief has cursed the village with devastating floods.
Watch the official River Returns 2025 trailer in HD below.
Sanetoshi Ariyama as Yucha & Shiro
Asuka Hanamura as Oyo
Yo Aoi as Saku
Tomomitsu Adachi as Haruo
Kinuo Yamada as Ayumi
Keisuke Horibe as Storyteller
Tetsu Watanabe as Matsu
Toshie Negishi as Batcha
Ken Yasuda as Tsunekichi
Yusuke Takahashi as Kinpei
Ryohei Matsuoka as Kai
Masakazu Kaneko Director
Masakatsu Takagi Music
Tatsuya Yamada Director of Photography
Takamitsu Hoshiko Color Grading
Masakazu Kaneko Screenplay
Kyôko Heya Art Direction
Genki Yoshimura Screenplay
Naoto Tamagawa Lighting Director
Young Chang Hwang Sound Recordist
Young Chang Hwang Sound Designer
Kei Tsuchiya Assistant Director
Czech Republic 12 February 2026
Spain 21 November 2024
Japan 23 February 2025
Korea 01 December 2025
Portugal 03 March 2025
Taiwan 24 August 2025
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