Directed by: Eichi Hara
Written by Eichi Hara/Masao Koguro
Starring: Tomizawa Kato/Yokogawa Kita/Tanaka Naoki/Nishida Naomi/Matsumoto Hoki \
Genre: Comedy/Animation/Fantasy
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2007-07-28(Japan)
Running time: 138 minutes / 142 minutes (extended version)
Synopsis of the river children’s summer
It’s almost summer vacation, and primary school student Koichi Uehara picks up a big rock on his way home from school. He took the stone home, did not expect to wash with water, inside unexpectedly jumped out of a small river boy. The little river boy called him “Gu”, so Kang Yi named it “Xiao Gu”.
Xiao Gu speaks human language and has been buried underground for hundreds of years. Kang Yi soon became good friends with Xiao Gu, and they bathed together, ate together, and slept together. And other family members also accepted small goo, small river child became on the original family’s secret.
One day, Xiao Gu wanted to go home and be with his friends. Kang Yi in order to let small Goo understand the outside world, quietly took it out. Small Gu found that the environment has changed beyond recognition, greatly surprised, this is not suitable for the survival of the river children can not find a partner. See small goo sad, Kang one also feel bad. He and Xiao Gu travel together and come to the Ono Prefecture where the legend of the river boy is still preserved. Two people in the beautiful nature found a suitable place for river children to live, small Gu happily swim up in the clear river, Kang Yi is also happy for it. But there were no other river boys to be found here. Kang heard the villagers say, “Catch a river boy can get 10 million!” And hurried away from there with little Goo.
Back home, Kang was surprised to bump into a tabloid reporter. It turned out that the man had heard that there was a river boy in the house in the Upper Yuan, and he must take pictures. Xiao Gu’s secret was finally known to everyone. Kang Yi’s father was ordered by the company must let the river boy on TV. For the original family, small goo promised to participate in TV programs. Among the guests, however, he saw a man who looked very much like his father’s killer. When Xiao Gu was surrounded by fear, an accident happened on the scene of the TV program. He tried his best to escape outside, but everywhere he went he saw a dark crowd.
In order to get rid of the humans that frightened him, Gu climbed the Tokyo Tower. He was exhausted by the summer sun. Overlooking the city, Xiao Gu whispered alone, “There is no quiet place anywhere, this is the nest of man.” I’m done. I’m going to Papa’s…”