Cold Fish (2010)
Figures
Tropes
- Yukio Murata's charismatic persona
- The film's relationship to the 1993 Saitama serial murders of dog lovers → The Hyperreal Mirage
- The dynamic between Shamoto, his wife Taeko, and his daughter Mitsuko → The Identity Trap
- Murata’s "Amazon Gold" tropical fish store → The Toxic Carrot
- The film's use of sexual violence and its Nikkatsu studio origins
- The "making someone invisible" dismemberment scenes → The Abject Borderline
- The character arc of Nobuyuki Shamoto → The Fragile Alpha
Films most connected to Cold Fish
- Joker (2019) — via The Abject Borderline, The Fragile Alpha, Affective Contagion
- American Honey (2016) — via Affective Contagion, The Toxic Carrot
- Independence Day (1996) — via The Hyperreal Mirage, The Abject Borderline, The Fragile Alpha
- The Hunt for Red October (?) — via The Fragile Alpha, The Identity Trap
- The Hangover (2009) — via The Fragile Alpha, The Identity Trap
- The Neon Demon (2016) — via The Hyperreal Mirage, The Abject Borderline
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) — via The Hyperreal Mirage, The Abject Borderline
- Amores Perros (2000) — via The Fragile Alpha, Affective Contagion