2010 · horror · crime · drama
Cold Fish
Directed by Sion Sono2h 26m2010
When fish shop owner Shamoto's teenage daughter Mitsuko is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man named Murata helps resolve the situation. The man and his wife offer to have Mitsuko work at their opposing fish store. Shamoto soon discovers that something far more sinister lives behind Murata's friendly demeanor.
Our read: Cold Fish (2010) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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“You want Sion Sono's most punishing domestic nightmare—only if you're ready.”
Skip it tonight — Skip tonight; extreme gore, sexual violence, and cruelty will destroy you.
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