Japan Synopsis
冷たい熱帯魚
“He'll make you pick up the pieces.”
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become friendly. However Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face.
Audience Engagement
296 audience reviews — more than 90% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (90th percentile) outruns trending popularity (64th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Cold Fish. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Nikkatsu Corporation
Drama + Thriller in Japan
142 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cold Fish itself).
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
Cold Fish holds position #190 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cold Fish premiered alongside 136 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2333rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Cold Fish, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- blood bath · 3
- shower · 2
- orgasm · 2
- castration · 2
- sexual desire · 2
- erection · 1
- domination · 1
- fish tank · 1
- glasses · 1
- dirty old man · 1
- teenage girl · 22
- fish · 9
- knife · 9
- rape victim · 7
- murder · 155
- gore · 51
- serial killer · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,305 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (50th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,023 of 1,933 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nikkatsu Corporation, Stairway, Sushi Typhoon |
| Runtime | 2h 24m |
| Release Date | June 4, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1632547 |