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Fish Story (2009)
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
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Overview
A rock band writes a song called “Fish Story” that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.
Length 112 minutes
Actors
Atsushi Ito | Kengo Kora | Mikako Tabe | Gaku Hamada | Mirai Moriyama | Nao Omori | Kiyohiko Shibukawa | Toshimitsu Okawa | Kenjiro Ishimaru | Hidekazu Mashima | Noriko Eguchi | Takashi Yamanaka | Kazuki Namioka | Mai Takahashi | Kenichi Takito | Eiko Otani | Makoto Ashikawa | Isao Nonaka | Kôichi Ueda | Reiko Kusamura | Kei Tamura | Yûji Nakamura | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Kôsuke Mukai | Tamio Hayashi | Maiko Asano | 恩田括
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2010 | N/A | DVD | N/A | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
I was completely bummed I missed this at Fantastic Fest 09. It wasn’t from lack of trying either, but just that every showing was always sold out.
And for good reason.
Fish Story is a fantastic piece of film. It has so many elements I love in movies: punk rock, science fiction, pop culture references, clever storytelling and a kickass script.
This is the movie that Southland Tales had aspired to be, IMHO. Some of the same ideas are touched upon, but yet, in Fish Story, the plot makes much more sense and isn’t filled with a series of bizarre moments that never make sense. It’s a far more compelling and fun movie than ST.
This is a movie that I really hope gets a wider release somehow because I know anyone I know who would see it would fall in love with it, just as I did.
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