Fish Story (Fisshu sutori) (2009)
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100% of critics liked it
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74% want to see it
(226 ratings)
A rare single by an obscure rock band makes a strange voyage through time in this witty and original science fiction tale from Japanese filmmaker Yoshihiro Nakamura. In 1975, an obscure rock band called Gekirin record a song called "Fish Story" that anticipates the aggressive, rebellious… More A rare single by an obscure rock band makes a strange voyage through time in this witty and original science fiction tale from Japanese filmmaker Yoshihiro Nakamura. In 1975, an obscure rock band called Gekirin record a song called "Fish Story" that anticipates the aggressive, rebellious sound of punk rock that's just beginning to make itself heard in New York and London. The band breaks up shortly after "Fish Story" is released thanks to record company interference, but the song has a strange ongoing life over the years, and in this film we jump back and forth between decades as the recording plays a role in several seemingly unrelated scenarios -- a member of the hospitality staff on an ocean liner (Mirai Moriyama) who wins the heart of a beautiful girl while battling pirates; Masaru (Dakaku Hama) and his buddies look for women on a lonely and boring evening; a meteor heads towards Earth while a strange man in a record store lectures those around him about the impending destruction of the Earth; and how Gekirin came to write their song of songs. Fish Story (aka Fisshu Sutori) received its North American premiere at the 2009 New York Asian Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Written By
- Kotaro Isaka, Tamio Hayashi
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
- Studio
- Amuse Soft Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The result is a wonderfully entertaining and affecting patchwork of ideas, incidents, contrivance and coincidence.
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Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
With a lively tone and an intricately plotted multi-strand story, this Japanese drama holds our attention using humour, drama and an end-of-the-world scenario. It's also a thoroughly charming bit of filmmaking.
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Allan Hunter, Daily Express
Hugely ambitious and oddly beguiling...
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Catherine Shoard, Guardian [UK]
You can't fault it for narrative ambition, nor, in fact, for curious -- one might say fishy -- watchability.
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Liz Haycroft, Little White Lies
Like the title song with its crazy lyrics, it's quirky, fun and yet slightly overlong.
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