Tag: Junta Yamaguchi

Japanese filmmaker Junta Yamaguchi follows his buzzy debut “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” with another winning time-loop comedy, the more succinctly titled “River.” Yamaguchi chooses Kyoto’s picturesque Fujiya Inn as his backdrop, thriving off the meditative aesthetics of a rushing river that soothingly gurgles through a serene hotel. It’s so calming and comforting, much like…