Bitter Honey (2016)
蜜のあわれ
Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and adoring pet for an aging writer seeking greatness. Things quickly get complicated for the odd couple, however, when the writer's deceased former student/lover enters the picture as a ghost and helps Akako realize her own desires, activating her agency and frustrating the one-sided male fantasy the writer is so keen to continue.
- Date of release
- 2016-04-01
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Director
- Gakuryu Ishii
Casting
- Fumi Nikaido — Akako Akai
- Ren Osugi — Old Writer
- Yoko Maki — Yuriko Tamura
- Kengo Kora — Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Hanae Kan — Maruko Maruta
- Masatoshi Nagase — Goldfish Seller
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa — Bartender
- Koichi Ueda — Doctor
- Seiko Iwaido — Woman
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