Shion Sono's Cold Fish - Trailer Inside

Cold Fish, written and directed by Shion Sono (Suicide Club) is an upcoming Japanese serial killer movie which is loosely based on true events. The case is known as "Saitama serial murders of dog lovers" which involved two convicted killers known as Gen Sekine and his ex-wife Hiroko Kazama, they are former dog breeders.

They killed their victims by poisoning over pet sales and money trouble, some of the victims include a chauffeur and a gangster. They dismembered the victims bodies, burned them and scattered the remains in a forest and a river, they murdered 4 people in total. In 2001 both murderers Sekine and kazama were sentenced to the death penalty.

The movie Cold Fish stars Mitsuru Fukikoshi (Guinea Pig 4: Devil Woman Doctor) who plays the role of a tropical fish seller who gets involved in a string of brutal murders after a deranged couple kidnap his daughter.

Synopsis:

"Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop and leads a boring, but stable life. His second wife, Taeko, does not get along with his daughter, Mitsuko, and this worries him. He also feels somehow unfulfilled and dissatisfied with what his life has become.

One day Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a department store. There they meet a friendly man named Murata, who helps to settle things between Mitsuko and the store manager. Since Murata also runs a tropical fish shop, Shamoto establishes a bond with him and they become friends; Mitsuko even begins working for Murata and living at his house, to avoid conflicts with her stepmother.

What Shamoto doesn't know, however, is that Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face. He sells cheap fish to his customers for high prices with his artful lies. If anyone detects his fraud or refuses to go along with his money-making schemes, they're murdered and their bodies disposed of by Murata and his wife in grisly ways. Shamoto is slowly taken in by Murata's tactics, and by the time he realizes that Murata is insane, and a serial killer who has made over fifty people disappear, he is powerless to do anything about it. But now Mitsuko is a hostage at Murata's home, and Shamoto himself has become the killer's unwilling accomplice!

Meanwhile, the murders, without any trace of the bodies, continue unabated. The police have long suspected Murata and try to get information about him from Shamoto; Murata quickly senses the danger and threatens Shamoto not to report anything to the police.

In the end, the conflict between Shamoto and Murata will result in murder, insanity, and an ordinary man being driven to the edge of the abyss."

Cold Fish is showing at this years Toronto International Film Festival and is scheduled for a Japanese release before the end of 2010.

Check out the trailer below:

Source: FarEastFilms