Episode #40 – Fish Story (フィッシュストーリー)
Fish Story (2009)
フィッシュストーリー [Fisshu Sutoorii]
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Written by Tamio Hayashi
Based on the novel by Kôtarô Isaka
A rock band writes a song called “Fish Story” based on a sentence from a badly translated novel by a quack translator. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together. Thirty-seven years go by, and the song strikes a comet and saves the Earth from total destruction.
Cast
Mikako Tabe – Masami
Gaku Hamada – Masashi
Atsushi Ito – Shigeki
Kengo Kora – Goro
Kiyohiko Shibukawa – Tetsuya
Toshimitsu Okawa – Ryoji
Nao Ômori – Okazaki
Kenjiro Ishimaru – Taniguchi
Hidekazu Mashima – Tani
Noriko Eguchi – Namiko
Takashi Yamanaka – Kentaro
Kazuki Namioka – Satoru
Fish Story – Japan On Film
Can a song save the world? Perry and guest-host Ashley discuss Yoshihiro Nakamura's oddball comedy movie that effortlessly weaves together different stories across different time periods. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/japanonfilm/message
