Cold Fish is violent, funny and weirdly watchable

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It is violent, funny and weirdly watchable even at a very long 142 mins. Shamoto (Mitsuru Fukikoshi) is the mild-mannered owner of a small tropical fish shop with a second wife who doesn't get on with his daughter. When the daughter is caught shoplifting, a friendly neighbour helps get her off the charge and offers her a better job in his larger shop.

Shamato soon finds that the merry gentleman is having sex with his wife, sells cheap fish to customers at high prices and, if they object, does them in with the help of his own spouse. By now a hostage, Shamoto becomes the killer's unwilling accomplice but is driven mad by the grisly experience.

Sono orchestrates his tale with a skill that allows irony to match the horror and realism to dampen down the melodrama. Altogether, it's quite a feat.

Cold Fish
Cert: 18