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Based on a novel by Kotaro Isaka, Fish Story weaves together several seemingly separate storylines taking place at different points in time over a 37-year span to explain how a little-known punk rock song can save the world. In 1975, an unpopular Japanese punk band called Gekirin (Wrath) starts work on their 3rd album. Unfortunately the band is a little ahead of its time; punk won t be marketable until the Sex Pistols debut in the UK the following year. Due to nonexistent sales, their record company decides to drop them and they break up soon after recording their final song: Fish Story . In 1982 a timid college student named Masashi (Gaku Hamada) becomes fascinated by strange rumors surrounding the song. Apparently, at a certain point in the recording there is a brief interlude where you can hear a woman scream. Later, he meets a mysterious woman at a party who inexplicably predicts that he will save the world one day. In 2009 a teenager named Asami (Mikako Tabe) falls asleep during a school field trip and gets left behind on a boat. Initially distraught, she s eventually consoled by a kindly cook. Suddenly, men with guns storm in and attempt a boat-jacking. In 2012 a huge comet can be seen in the sky on a path to destroy Earth. The US has failed in their attempt to blow it up and with only 5 hours left before impact, all major city streets are completely abandoned. That is, except for one record store that continues business as usual. Within the store, Fish Story can be heard playing on an old turntable... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Atsushi Itō
Japan
Best movies:
Fish Story (2009)
Flying Colors (2015)
Neko Atsume House (2017)
Kengo Kōra
Japan
Best movies:
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
Shoplifters (2018)
The Lightning Tree (2010)
多部未華子
Japan
Best movies:
Every Day a Good Day (2018)
Fish Story (2009)
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love (2005)
Gaku Hamada
Japan
Best movies:
Fish Story (2009)
The Eternal Zero (2013)
One Piece Film Gold (2016)
Mirai Moriyama
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
King Dog (2022)
Fish Story (2009)
大森南朋
Japan
Best movies:
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
It's Only Talk (2005)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Japan
Best movies:
Hanging Garden (2005)
Crows-Zero (2007)
Blue Spring (2001)
Noriko Eguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Swing Girls (2004)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Takashi Yamanaka
Japan
Best movies:
The Glorious Team Batista (2008)
Fish Story (2009)
All Around Us (2008)
Seiko Iwaidō
Japan
Best movies:
Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
Fish Story (2009)
Strange Circus (2005)
Yoshihiro Nagata
Best movies:
Fish Story (2009)
石丸謙二郎
Japan
Best movies:
Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Hazard (2005)
Fish Story (2009)
眞島秀和
Japan
Best movies:
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
A Stranger of Mine (2005)
Swing Girls (2004)
Kazuki Namioka
Japan
Best movies:
The Great Passage (2013)
Fish Story (2009)
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
浅野麻衣子
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Fish Story (2009)
Dark Water (2002)
草村礼子
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Takafumi Imai
Japan
Best movies:
Fish Story (2009)
Bakuman (2015)
Robo-G (2012)
Akihiko Sai
Japan
Best movies:
Fish Story (2009)
Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020)
Ryūzaburō Hattori
Japan
Best movies:
Fish Story (2009)
Tamako in Moratorium (2013)