Cold Fish (2010)

 

 

Shamoko (Mitsuru Kukikoshi) and his wife Taeko (Megumi Kagurazaka) run a small fish shop. One day, their daughter Mitsuko (Hikari Kajiwara) is caught stealing in a supermarket. Before the manager calls the police, the friendly owner of another fish shop, Murata (Denden) settles the issue. Later on, Shamoko and Murata become friends - and then partners. But Murata is not who he seems, he and his wife Aiko (Asuka Kurosawa) are actually serial killers. First of all, this is both strange and insane movie. There is a lot of depravity and violence throughout the film, much of it will test even the hardest stomach. But aside from the incredibly disturbing visuals, the film is furiously original and interesting to follow. The acting is superb, specially Mitsuru Kukikoshi and Denden. The cinematography, camera movement and musical background are excellent in keeping the tension and grim atmosphere. The director Shion Sono has done a great job combining extreme graphic violence and black comedy. Cold Fish a.k.a Tsumetai nettaigyo is seriously unsettling, but it’s still impressive. This movie was "inspired by true events” known as the "Saitama serial murders of dog lovers"; the convicted killers in the real-life case are Gen Sekine and his ex-wife Hiroko Kazama.