Sion Sono

Cold Fish Sion Sono

Japanese thriller from director Shion Sono which focuses on tropical fish seller Mr. Shamoto (Mitsuru Fukikoshi) who unwittingly goes into business with an elderly psychopath. When Shamoto's troubled daughter Mitsuko (Hikari Kajiwara) is caught shoplifting at a local store, he rushes to diffuse the situation.

On arriving there, Shamoto finds himself being charmed by a rival business owner, Mr. Murata (Denden), and decides it might be in his interests to let Mitsuko work and board at Murata's much fancier aquarium. Soon, however, Shamoto realises everything is not as it seems, and that Mr.

Murata is hiding a chilling secret behind his smile...