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Cold Fish

2010 · 146 min · Director: Sion Sono ★ IMDb 7.1 · 16,427 ratings

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When Syamoto's teenage daughter is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man helps resolve the situation. The man and his wife offer to have Syamoto's troublesome daughter work at their fish store. Syamoto soon discovers the horrific truth of the seemingly perfect couple.

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Cold Fish (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Fear. Genres: Drama, Crime, Horror. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Disturbing
  • Tension
  • Disgust

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Disgust

Disturbing
Tension
Disgust
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingTensionDisgust
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension37 %10 %34 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Tension33 %9 %26 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 18′Sadness31 %15 %23 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 26′Tension36 %26 %29 %10 %
22.5 %≈ 33′Disturbing38 %29 %33 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 40′Tension45 %32 %41 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 47′Tension67 %58 %59 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 55′Disgust84 %80 %69 %61 %
42.5 %≈ 62′Disturbing77 %71 %68 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 69′Tension65 %53 %61 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 77′Tension65 %49 %63 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 84′Tension74 %55 %72 %20 %
62.5 %≈ 91′Tension81 %62 %79 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 99′Tension87 %77 %80 %52 %
72.5 %≈ 106′Disgust91 %87 %76 %74 %
77.5 %≈ 113′Disturbing91 %89 %78 %73 %
82.5 %≈ 120′Disturbing94 %92 %87 %74 %
87.5 %≈ 128′Disturbing96 %94 %89 %77 %
92.5 %≈ 135′Disturbing94 %92 %86 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 142′Disturbing93 %91 %82 %53 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

D
Denden

Denden

Yukio Murata

MK
Megumi Kagurazaka

Taeko Shamoto

HK
Hikari Kajiwara

Mitsuko Shamoto

Tetsu Watanabe

Takayasu TsuTsui

Tarō Suwa

Akio Yoshida

JP
Jyonmyon Pe

Hiroshi Okubo

MS
Masahiko Sakata

Susumu Kawajiri

NS
Natsumi Seto

Yuko Sawada

MM
Masaki Miura

Akio's Brother

MA
Makoto Ashikawa

Supermarket Manager

HN
Hideo Nakaizumi

Akio's Brother

RA
Ryohei Abe

Akio's Brother

KY
Kazuma Yamane

Mitsuko's Boyfriend

IH
Ichiro Hashimoto

Akio's Brother

SR
Suwaru Ryû

Akio's Brother

RS
Rina Saito

Amazing Gold Employee

LK
Lorena Koto

Amazing Gold Employee

Details

Directed by
Sion Sono
Written by
Sion Sono, Yoshiki Takahashi
Type
Movies
Released
2010
Runtime
146 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 16,427 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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