Fish Story

Fish Story, directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, is a Japanese film adapted from Kōtarō Isaka's novel of the same name, about a punk song called "Fish Story" that, across thirty seven years and multiple time periods, indirectly connects people and events into a chain that ends up saving the world. Recorded by a band that broke up in 1975, the song contains a strange silence in the middle of a guitar solo, rumored to hide a woman's scream. The film traces how small personal acts, a student finding courage, a moment of rescue, accumulate over time into a chain that ultimately protects the world from disaster. It won a Special Award at the New York Asian Film Festival and the H.R. Giger Award at Switzerland's Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival. Who it's for: anyone curious about a Japanese film weaving seemingly disconnected stories across thirty seven years around a single song, built on the idea that everything matters. Who it's not for: those wanting a linear narrative confined to one time period, since the film constantly jumps between eras decades apart.