2018 · drama · youth · manga
River's Edge
Directed by Isao Yukisada1h 58m2018
High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.
Our read: River's Edge (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · youth · manga entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / youth, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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