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Psychological, Genre Hybrids

Kuniko Mukoda's Carp

1987

Directed by Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa

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A unique suspense film depicting a woman's unresolved feelings and grudges through the eyes of a crucian carp. A bucket of crucian carp was left at the home of Shiomura (Jun Inoue), a trading company employee, by someone. Shiomura looks into the fish's giddy eyes and recalls an affair he had with Tsuyuko (Naomi Oki), a woman at a small restaurant who used to be his mistress. She had a pet crucian carp, and the crucian carp always stared intently at their love affair, and it was the same eyes.

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Written by
Shizuo Nonami
Origin country
Japan
Runtime
45m
Language
ja
Released July 20, 1987·向田邦子の鮒

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