Japan Synopsis
リバーズ・エッジ
“An unknown dead body left by the riverside leads them to sharing a secret and creating a distorted bond.”
Haruna Wakagusa is a high school student who lives with her mother. Ichiro Yamada is gay and Haruna’s classmate. He is bullied at school, but Haruna sticks up for Ichiro. They become intimate and Ichiro tells Haruna his secret. He found a dead body along the riverside. A new body is soon found.
The 2017–2019 Japan Window
569 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. River's Edge sits at position #523.
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★ 9.1 · 2017
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★ 9.0 · 2018
#3Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D
★ 8.9 · 2019
#4Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5DARLING in the FRANXX
★ 8.6 · 2018
#6Dr. STONE
★ 8.6 · 2019
#7The Rising of the Shield Hero
★ 8.6 · 2019
#8Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
★ 8.6 · 2018
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with River's Edge. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when River's Edge premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,920 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #357 of 402 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Kino Films |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | February 16, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt7476946 |
| Official Site | movie-riversedge.jp |