
An unknown dead body left by the riverside leads them to sharing a secret and creating a distorted bond.
High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.
- 5.9
- 2018
- Released
- 1h 58m

Fumi Nikaido
Haruna Wakagusa
Ryo Yoshizawa
Ichiro Yamada
Aoi Morikawa
Kanna Tajima
Shuhei Uesugi
Kannonzaki
Sumire
Kozue Yoshikawa
Shiori Doi
Rumi
Wako Ando
Yo
Takuya Matsunaga
Takahashi
Eriko Tomiyama
Rumi's Older Sister
Jin Shirasu
Toru
Naomi Nishida
Haruna's Mother
Toshiki Ayata
Old Man
Izumi Okamura
Toru's Friend
Sara Ogawa
Kozue's Classmate
Tajima Mayumi

Released
ja
- #infidelity
- #japan
- #homophobia
- #river
- #bullying
- #unrequited love
- #dead body
- #tokyo, japan
- #based on manga
- #mature
- #classmate
- #eating disorder
- #modeling
- #erotic
- #nudity
- #boys' love (bl)
- #school bullying
- #adapted from a manga
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