Rivers Edge (Ribâzu ejji) [Audio: Japanese]
Haruna is a high school student whose, school-mates, school and life is topsy turvy and often tragic. One of her classmates is the homosexual Ichiro. The boy is often bullied, derided and beaten. He has the scars to show for it. Haruna stands by Ichiro's side and comes to know Ichiro's secret. Then they discover a corpse by a river beside the tall grass.
17 June 1995, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
21 September 1994, Naha, Okinawa, Japan
1 February 1994, Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 1992 in Fukuoka, Japan
July 4, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2018
Yukisada, a veteran who has made unblinking dramas about the young something of a specialty, has never hesitated to turn up the emotional and physical heat and River's Edge is no exception.
February 16, 2018
The strength of the film is less on the action than the fully embodied characters ...
February 19, 2018
An over-extended but otherwise involving drama.

