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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Sono again turns an outwardly charismatic outsider into a force that colonizes ordinary lives, sustaining Cold Fish’s queasy blend of domestic vulnerability, manipulation, grotesque humor, and escalating cruelty.
02
Why this pick
Its unnerving suburban chill and invasive predator echo Cold Fish’s fear of everyday boundaries collapsing, building dread through coercion and behavioral unease rather than conventional action.
03
Why this pick
A polished authority figure conceals monstrous impulses in this sharply escalating Japanese nightmare, matching Cold Fish’s tonal whiplash between mundane social ritual, dark comedy, and extreme menace.
04
Why this pick
For Cold Fish’s abrasive intensity and moral contamination: a frantic investigation pulls viewers through a vicious social landscape with feverish style, unstable characters, and no easy refuge.
05
Why this pick
Another Sono descent into the violence beneath respectable surfaces, driven by damaged relationships, tabloid-like excess, and a deliberately uncomfortable collision of satire, sexuality, and despair.
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01 / THE STORY
The film concerns quiet and unambitious owner of a tropical fish shop whose life and family are taken over by a fellow fish entrepreneur who happens to be a serial killer. The film is loosely based on the exploits of two Tokyo serial killers, Sekine Gen and Hiroko Kazama, a husband and wife duo who owned a pet shop and murdered at least four people.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Nobuyuki Shamoto
Yukio Murata
