Bitter Honey

Bitter Honey

105 mins | Drama | April 1, 2016

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.

Bitter Honey

105 mins | Drama | April 1, 2016

Bitter Honey
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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Phantom Film
Original title 蜜のあわれ
Directors Gakuryu Ishii
Writers Saisei Murô, Takehiko Minato

Cast

Fumi Nikaido

as Akako Akai

Ren Osugi

as Old Writer

Yoko Maki

as Yuriko Tamura

Kengo Kora

as Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Hanae Kan

as Maruko Maruta

Masatoshi Nagase

as Goldfish Seller

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

as Bartender

Koichi Ueda

as Doctor

Seiko Iwaido

as Woman