[Updated with a better quality version of the image and a brief synopsis]
We knew Love Exposure director Sion Sono would be doing his next feature as part of Nikkatsu's Sushu Typhoon line but beyond that details were sketchy in the extreme. And while they still are, really, we now at least have a title. Cold Fish is Sono's upcoming feature for Nikkatsu, a true-life serial killer story.
Here are some plot details courtesy of Screen's Jason Gray:
Cold Fish tells the story of a tropical fish seller named Shamoto (Mitsuru Fukikoshi) who becomes an accomplice to a string of grisly homicides committed by a fellow seller (Denden) and his wife after they hold Shamoto's daughter hostage. Promoted as an unflinching portrait of violence and madness, the story is partially based on a true case.
Fukikoshi and Denden both appeared in Sono's more orthodox 2009 drama Be Sure To Share. The cast also includes Asuka Kurosawa and Megumi Kagurazaka as the daughter.
More from Cold Fish
- Reviews: COLD FISH (completist) Review
- Reviews: MIFF11 - COLDFISH Review
- Reviews: COLD FISH Blu-ray Review
- News: US Trailer For Sion Sono's COLD FISH
- News: Sion Sono's COLD FISH Coming To UK Blu-ray/DVD June 27th
- Reviews: IFFR 2011: COLD FISH review
- Interviews: Screenwriter Yoshiki Takahashi Talks COLD FISH
- News: EAST WINDS: A Third Window Film Festival Coming Soon!
- News: Third Window Films Acquires UK Rights to COLD FISH
- News: Japanese Trailer For Sion Sono's COLD FISH
- Reviews: VIFF 2010: COLD FISH Review
- Reviews: Fantastic Fest 2010: COLD FISH Review
- News: COLD FISH Trailer Debut!
- News: First Stills From Sion Sono's Serial Killer Thriller COLD FISH
- News: Cannes sales flyer for Sion Sono's 'Cold Fish' with lengthy synopsis!
- Galleries: Cold Fish
- News: Sion Sono's COLD FISH: The Videogame?
Does anyone know the status of Sono's LORDS OF CHAOS?
http://tomblands-fr.blogspot.com/2010/02/2010-february-interview-with-sono-sion.html
I asked the producer about Lords of Chaos today. It's taken longer than they hoped to get the international co-production set up but it's all in place now, Sono and his key crew are in Norway scouting locations right now, and they're aiming to shoot in April.
For those interested in more info on cast and plot, I wrote an article about the film last week (plus you can find an image attached to my Screen Daily piece):
http://jasongray.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-details-on-sion-sonos-cold-fish.html
The co-screenwriter chimes in in the comments section, too.