US Trailer For Sion Sono's COLD FISH

by Hugo Ozman, July 13, 2011 9:45 AM

We all love Sion Sono's 4-hour masterpiece LOVE EXPOSURE, and now his chilling thriller COLD FISH is getting a release in US cinemas starting early August.

Official synopsis: Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop and leads a boring, but stable life. His second wife, Taeko, does not get along with his daughter, Mitsuko, and this worries him. He also feels somehow unfulfilled and dissatisfied with what his life has become.

One day Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a department store. There they meet a friendly man named Murata, who helps to settle things between Mitsuko and the store manager. Since Murata also runs a tropical fish shop, Shamoto establishes a bond with him and they become friends; Mitsuko even begins working for Murata and living at his house, to avoid conflicts with her stepmother.

What Shamoto doesn't know, however, is that Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face. He sells cheap fish to his customers for high prices with his artful lies. If anyone detects his fraud or refuses to go along with his money-making schemes, they're murdered and their bodies disposed of by Murata and his wife in grisly ways. Shamoto is slowly taken in by Murata's tactics, and by the time he realizes that Murata is insane, and a serial killer who has made over fifty people disappear, he is powerless to do anything about it. But now Mitsuko is a hostage at Murata's home, and Shamoto himself has become the killer's unwilling accomplice!

Meanwhile, the murders, without any trace of the bodies, continue unabated. The police have long suspected Murata and try to get information about him from Shamoto; Murata quickly senses the danger and threatens Shamoto not to report anything to the police.

In the end, the conflict between Shamoto and Murata will result in murder, insanity, and an ordinary man being driven to the edge of the abyss.

Embedded below is the US trailer.

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10 Comments

by J Hurtado, July 13, 2011 10:12 AM

That is a very long synopsis.

sitenoise replied to comment from J Hurtado, July 13, 2011 1:03 PM

yeah, lol. And it's not a very complicated film: Mild mannered guy gets bamboozled. ***.edit for spoiler ***

joefoolio replied to comment from joefoolio, July 13, 2011 1:17 PM

Sitenoise, what is wrong with you? What kind of a dick posts spoilers like that in a comment section?

Glad I've already seen the movie, but I feel bad for those that haven't.

sitenoise replied to comment from joefoolio, July 14, 2011 10:11 AM

Hope you were accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Ard Vijn replied to comment from sitenoise, July 14, 2011 10:47 AM

I did edit your comment though. It's not difficult to predict, "the big twist" nor is it even what the film is about, but it's still a pretty major plotpoint for a film which many people will only now get a chance to see. No offence I hope.

sitenoise replied to comment from Ard Vijn, July 14, 2011 11:31 AM

None at all, Ard. If I thought it was a spoiler I wouldn't have posted it, but am happy to admit "oops, my bad" if others see it that way. There's ... just other stuff, ya know.

by lemonaise, July 13, 2011 12:47 PM

For a very long film. I rented this on DVD, halfway through so far but it is absolutely brilliant. So much so, I'm thinking of going back to watch the second half of Love Exposure!

by skinnyboy23, July 13, 2011 3:36 PM

I haven't seen it but I figured out the "twist" just from reading the damn synopsis. This is what you expect from a film like this, the ending isnt a suprise

by xino, July 13, 2011 4:13 PM

hahahah it's a long time since Ive seen a Japanese movie.

i wish this was korean man, because if it was it would be intense:)

also FINALLY they didn't play a j-pop music in the trailer:)

by crazybee, July 13, 2011 5:14 PM

Yeah, if it was Korean it would be glossy, derivative, and boring. This film is none of those things. And it's freaking incredible.

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