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Fantasy Drama ‘River Returns’ Picked Up by EST N8 Ahead of AFM Debut, Gijon Competition


ST N8 has picked up the international rights to Japanese fantasy drama 'River Returns.'

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. Along the way, Yucha must return a wooden bowl filled with the village’s water to the exact spot where Oyo drowned, all while battling the forces of nature and time. The cast of “River Returns” includes Hanamura Asuka, recently seen in Netflix’s “City Hunter” as Oyo, the sorrowful spirit haunting the mountains.

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