Cold Fish
2010 · Movie · NR · 146 min · ★ 6.9 · 70% critics
A quiet tropical fish shop owner’s life is thrown off balance when a charismatic rival helps his family out of trouble and offers new opportunities. As their friendship deepens, the newcomer’s charming façade starts to crack, pulling the shopkeeper into a tense, unsettling world of manipulation, violence, and moral compromise.
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Details
- Original title
- 冷たい熱帯魚
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2011-01-29
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (400 votes)
About
If you enjoy bleak, shocking crime thrillers with dark humor and escalating intensity, this could hit hard, especially if you liked Audition or Suicide Club; Not for you if graphic violence, sexual assault themes, or nihilistic tone are dealbreakers.
Pros: tense slow-burn suspense; unpredictable villain energy; striking color and mood | Cons: extreme gore and sex; uneven pacing; characters feel thin
Themes
- fish
- erection
- shower
- orgasm
- gore
- knife
- castration
- rape victim
- murder
- blood bath
- serial killer
- teenage girl
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
as Nobuyuki Shamoto
Denden
as Yukio Murata
Asuka Kurosawa
as Aiko Murata
Megumi Kagurazaka
as Taeko Shamoto
Hikari Kajiwara
as Mitsuko Shamoto
Tetsu Watanabe
as Takayasu TsuTsui
Tarō Suwa
as Akio Yoshida
Jyonmyon Pe
as Hiroshi Okubo
Masahiko Sakata
as Susumu Kawajiri
Natsumi Seto
as Yuko Sawada
Directed by Sion Sono