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Drowning Fish(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-02-03
77%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Movie: Drowning Fish
Top 10 Billed Cast
椎名桔平
Katsuhiko Shirosu
窪塚洋介
Munetaka Akiyoshi
仲間由紀恵
Maki Aikawa
勝部演之
Shibusawa
成宮寛貴
Hotaro
小山田サユリ
渡辺謙
Miyota
犬山イヌコ
Ami
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Overview
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.
Release Date
2001-02-03
Average
7.7
Rating:
3.9 startsTagline
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