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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with River's Edge. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Crime + Drama in Japan
203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding River's Edge itself).
Other Titles From Kino Films
The 2017–2019 Japan Window
In the crowded 2017-2019 Japan release window, River's Edge sits at #523 of 569. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1The Relative Worlds
★ 9.1 · 2017
#2Sonic Mania Adventures
★ 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
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when River's Edge premiered alongside 194 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 194 other Japan films in 2018.
The 3699th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
36 audience reviews — more than 56% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (56th percentile) outruns trending popularity (17th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on River's Edge, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- dead body · 4
- classmate · 3
- eating disorder · 1
- bullying · 27
- river · 10
- mature · 8
- japan · 454
- japan · 454
- based on manga · 297
- tokyo · 78
- boys' love (bl) · 69
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 |