Ryuichi HIROKI

River

Nippon Visions   ½ 

Hikari is drifting through Tokyo until she meets Yuji. Hikari’s boyfriend got killed in Akihabara in 2008. Yuji’s parents went missing after the earthquake of 3/11. Can they both find peace? Filmed in Tokyo and the Fukushima prefecture, this small poetic masterpiece shows the search for hope and forgiveness in the face of destruction.

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River (NC 2012)

Japan 2011

89 minutes

Director
Ryuichi HIROKI

Script
Nami KIKKAWA, Ryuichi HIROKI

Cinematography
Noriyuki MIZUGUCHI

Music
Quinka, with a Yawn

Production
Tadayoshi KUBO

World sales
Elephante

Cast
Misako RENBUTSU, Mami NAKAMURA, Yukichi KOBAYASHI

About Ryuichi HIROKI

Born in Fukushima prefecture in 1954, Ryuichi HIROKI is a highly productive filmmaker who learned his trade in pink films before making his own debut with SEIGYAKU! in 1982. Receiving a number of awards, he had his breakthrough in 2003 with VIBRATOR. He is a regular guest at the NIPPON CONNECTION film festival.

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