Cold Fish (2010)

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Directed by Sion Sono, the visionary behind Love Exposure, Cold Fish is a dark psychological thriller about Shamoto, a quiet tropical fish shop owner struggling with family tension. His second wife, Taeko, and his daughter, Mitsuko, do not get along. When Mitsuko is caught shoplifting, a seemingly friendly man named Murata steps in to resolve the crisis. Murata, who also runs a tropical fish shop, quickly befriends Shamoto and even takes Mitsuko in to work and live with him. However, Murata hides a monstrous secret behind his friendly facade. Alongside his wife, he is a ruthless serial killer who has brutally murdered over fifty people to protect his fraudulent business. Soon, Shamoto is trapped in Murata's web of madness. With his daughter held hostage and forced to become an unwilling accomplice in gruesome crimes, Shamoto watches his sanity shatter. This gripping thriller explores how an ordinary man is pushed to the absolute edge of the abyss by pure evil.

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 2010

Genre:Drama; Thriller