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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Why this pick
From the same director, this is another tightly choreographed, playful Kyoto-set time puzzle, using an ingenious real-time style and escalating group problem-solving.
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MOVIE2023 1h 26m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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One Cut of the Dead
Why this pick
Its brisk, low-budget ingenuity and affectionate ensemble comedy echo River’s pleasure in watching ordinary people turn a bizarre logistical crisis into collaborative chaos.
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Summer Time Machine Blues
Why this pick
A warm Japanese campus comedy that turns time travel into a cleverly structured chain of small mishaps, with buoyant pacing rather than sci-fi solemnity.
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Mondays
Why this pick
Like River, it finds comic momentum in a contained time loop, an ensemble gradually noticing the pattern, and inventive attempts to coordinate an escape.
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Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
Why this pick
Its one-night Kyoto odyssey shares River’s whimsical local texture, compact geography, eccentric supporting players, and delight in events becoming delightfully stranger by the minute.
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01 / THE STORY
Another "two minutes"
In a Kyoto restaurant by a river, locals become trapped in a mysterious two-minute time loop. As surreal events unfold, they desperately search for a way to break free from their endless cycle.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Riko Fujitani
ミコト
Yuki Torigoe
タク
Munenori Nagano
番頭
Takashi Sumita
料理長
Yoshifumi Sakai
エイジ
Masashi Suwa
ノミヤ
Gôta Ishida
クスミ
Haruki Nakagawa
スギヤマ