Adam Torel

Mientras camina por los túneles de la estación de metro de Shinuku, el famoso escritor Yosuke Mikura descubre a una extraña mujer aparentemente borracha que se dedica a recitar poesía francesa. Su nombre es Bárbara. Mikura decide llevarla a casa para que pueda comer algo y asearse con tranquilidad. Antes de darse cuenta, Bárbara se convierte en la sombra que acompaña a Mikura a todas partes, salvándole de sus propias ilusiones de grandeza y de los ataques de sus enemigos. Pero del mismo modo que Mikura no es ningún santo, Bárbara tampoco es un ángel: a medida que ambos se conocen, el artista se obsesiona con conocer los secretos que ella esconde, rodeándose de ladrones, sadistas y de criaturas mitológicas. El mundo que descubre Mikura le lleva a preguntarse si ha perdido la cordura.

Born in a small town in Japan, a young girl named Ai is sent to a cult commune by her religious maniac mother and lives there for seven long years. After the cult is exposed by the police, Ai starts a new stage of life, going to a normal school for the first time, but she can’t find her place to fit in there. Ai drops out from the school and society, spending her life living with a rock-bottom delinquent family full of gangsters and call girls. In a strange twist of fate she finds herself back in a new and normal life, living with a middle-class family, but her troubled life continues to follow her into more deep and seedy paths.

A look at the creation of the original Japanese poster for Cold Fish. This segment is also conducted by filmmaker Norman England.

In this very long and very informative video interview, co-writer Yoshiki Takahashi explains how he got involved with Cold Fish and discusses his preparation of the script, the case that apparently inspired the film, the main characters, etc. The interview is conducted by filmmaker Norman England.

In this video interview, Jake Adelstein (author of "Tokyo Vice" and the newspaper reports "Saitama Dog Lovers Serial Disappearances" and "Saitama Dog Lovers Serial Murders") discusses the case that inspired Cold Fish.