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Drowning Fish
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Drowning Fish

2001-02-03 · 101 min · ★ 7.7

Drama · Action

When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Oboreru Sakana". The "big guns" are a misfit duo of ethically questionable characters who must infiltrate a gay nightclub and "fit in" while they search for clues. What ensues is both hilarious and action-packed. Oboreru Sakana is a rather ambitious and often hilarious contemporary crime thriller. Its narrative swings from the grisly to the humorous and pulls in as many pop culture elements as it can manage.

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Directors
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Production companies
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Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kippei ShiinaKippei ShiinaKatsuhiko Shirosu
Yosuke KubozukaYosuke KubozukaMunetaka Akiyoshi
Yukie NakamaYukie NakamaMaki Aikawa
Nobuyuki KatsubeNobuyuki KatsubeShibusawa
Hiroki NarimiyaHiroki NarimiyaHotaro
Sayuri OyamadaSayuri Oyamada
Kojiro Matsumoto
Ken WatanabeKen WatanabeMiyota
Rie Taguchi
Inuko InuyamaInuko InuyamaAmi
Sabu KawaharaSabu KawaharaOgata
Shuzo MitamuraTakehashi
Maki AizawaMaki Aizawa
Pepe HozumiPepe HozumiShimada
DendenDenden
HakuryuHakuryu
Masatô IbuMasatô IbuShuji Ishimaki
IZAMIZAMOkabe Tetsuaki
Shinobu Kawamata
Kazuki Maehara

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