Shamoto tiene una pequeña tienda de peces tropicales que le permite una aburrida pero estable vida. Su segunda esposa Taeko, no se lleva muy bien con su hija Mitsuko, y eso le preocupa. Además, él también se siente de algún modo incompleto e insatisfecho con la vida que tiene. Un día, Mitsuko es sorprendida robando en un almacén. Allí se encontrará con un amable hombre llamado Murata que la ayudará a calmar las cosas entre ella y el director de la tienda. Murata también es dueño de una tienda de peces, y entre ellos nacerá una amistad. Mitsuko empezará a trabajar para Murata y vivir en su casa para evitar conflictos con su madrastra. Todo parece perfecto, pero Shamoto hará un sorprendente descubrimiento que puede cambiarlo todo. (FILMAFFINITY) Edit Translation
- Español
- 한국어
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- Título original: 冷たい熱帯魚
- También conocida como: Tsumetai Nettaigyo , Cold Tropical Fish , Coldfish
- Guionista y Director: Sono Sion
- Géneros: Thriller, Terror, Psicológico, Maduro
Reparto y créditos
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![Fukikoshi Mitsuru in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)]( "Fukikoshi Mitsuru in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)")
Fukikoshi Mitsuru Papel principal -
![Denden in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)]( "Denden in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)")
DendenMurata YukioPapel principal -
![Kurosawa Asuka in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)]( "Kurosawa Asuka in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)")
Kurosawa AsukaMurata Aiko [Yukio's wife]Papel secundario -
![Kagurazaka Megumi in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)]( "Kagurazaka Megumi in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)")
Kagurazaka MegumiShamoto Taeko [Nobuyuki's wife]Papel secundario -
![Kajiwara Hikari in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)]( "Kajiwara Hikari in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)")
Kajiwara HikariShamoto Mitsuko [Nobuyuki's daughter]Papel secundario -
![Watanabe Tetsu in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)]( "Watanabe Tetsu in Cold Fish Japanese Movie (2011)")
Watanabe TetsuTsutsui Takayasu [Yukio's lawyer]Papel secundario
Reseñas
He opens the film with fast cuts paired with marching music that immediately sets the tone and the setting. The plot develops not through the revelations (the cliche way) but through dialogues, action and small details wrapped around in one perfect blanket. The clever way of using music that contradicts the scene is very Sono style but nevertheless, effective in bringing out the scene.
Dark, gray tones dominate the film with lots of red. Still, tropes like the typical-weak-salary man is still played and stretched towards the end that somehow makes the film repetitive. And with a 140 minutes running time, it's too long for a crime-thriller drama of this sort. The pacing is just too long, the narrative too dragging that at times, you just want to get to the excitement (and they aren't many). Expect blood and guts but don't expect excitement. Expect weirdness and undermined representations of women but don't expect excitement.
I'd praise the actors for their excellent portrayal though. Veteran actor, Denden plays the energetic-everyone's-uncle role so well mixed with humor and sadistic tendencies. Asuka Kurosawa (whom I've seen play a similar role in The World of Kanako) plays the seductive wife well and Mitsuru Fukikoshi plays the pathetic average man so well and that transformation at the end. Silent but deadly. He played it well.
It's more disturbing that the film is loosely based on the "Saitama murder of dog lovers" as you watch the film and have that in mind (though Sono makes a point that it's based on a true story in the beginning), it helps to establish the "credibility" and "sincerity" of what you're actually watching rather than just a make-believe murder tale because murder can be overrated.
