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The passive owner of a fish store becomes entangled with a murderous couple and implicated in their gruesome crimes.

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 08/04/2011
4/5
A deliciously warped wallow in misogyny, depravity and dead-eyed manipulation, "Cold Fish" charts the twisted alliance of two tropical-fish salesmen with baleful glee. Go to Full Review Mark Olsen Village Voice 08/02/2011
Cold Fish is wild, head-turning, stomach-churning stuff, and it makes a bracing addition to the overstuffed canon of serial-killer cinema. Go to Full Review Jaime N. Christley Slant Magazine 07/31/2011
0/4
Don't let me talk you out of it--after all, I'm no kibbitzer. Go to Full Review Justine Smith Vague Visages 06/06/2024
A slow-boil of escalating hatred, the film builds tension on the pulsing contempt growing inside of Syamoto. Go to Full Review Ard Vijn ScreenAnarchy 01/15/2020
What could have been one of the best and most disturbing thrillers of the year gets somewhat spoiled by a potentially vile subtext and a very mean-spirited finale where the film totally lost me. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 12/01/2019
"Cold Fish" is one of Sono's masterpieces, a great combination of Japanese exploitation, outstanding acting and technical and artistic elaborateness. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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ill 3 Nov 2 This film has a lot going for it: it's crazy, thrilling, and its dark humor is well-balanced so as not to unsettle you. It's a truly entertaining film that should keep you on the edge of your seat until the end. I highly recommend it, and since not all of Sion Sono's films are listed, if you liked this one, you might also enjoy Guilty Of Romance & Strange Circus, which tackle different subjects but retain the same madness and have an even more raw edge. See more Alex C 12/21/2023 Loved this, inspired by true events. This movie is well paced, well acted and overall very well shot. I would recommend to anyone who enjoy long foreign films. The gore is great and violence is well acted. See more acsdoug D @acsdoug 05/12/2023 An original, quirky, wonderfully bizarre film. You'll stick around even if for no other reason to see what happens next. See more 06/19/2022 It was a fun but unnecessarily long ride See more 04/05/2022 You know you've got a good movie when it makes two and a half hours feel like 90 minutes. See more 01/29/2021 I just couldn't get into it, dislikeable characters and a serious lacking plot See more Read all reviews
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Sion Sono

Director

Makoto Ashikawa

Actor

Denden

Actor

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Actor

Asuka Kurosawa

Actor

Taro Suwa

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Movie Info

Synopsis The passive owner of a fish store becomes entangled with a murderous couple and implicated in their gruesome crimes.
Director
Sion Sono
Producer
Yoshinori Chiba, Toshiki Kimura
Screenwriter
Sion Sono, Yoshiki Takahashi
Distributor
AMC Entertainment
Production Co
Nikkatsu
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 5, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 20, 2016
Runtime
2h 24m
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