Black Carp
1998, Japanese. Directed by Osamu Yamaizumi.
Serious-minded company accountant Kosuke Yamashita is facing problems at both work and home when a young woman unexpectedly asks him to meet his childhood friend Shozo Obama. The two men have not seen each other for twenty-seven years, and Kosuke soon learns that Shozo is terminally ill. Still as persuasive and opportunistic as ever, Shozo proposes one final money-making scheme: travel to Nagano, acquire a supposedly valuable rare carp called a “Karasugoi,” and sell it for a fortune. Their quarrelsome journey gradually becomes a chance to revisit old memories, regrets and a friendship neither man truly left behind.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 5 October 1998
- Original title
- 烏鯉
- Written by
- Shunsaku Ikehata
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Who directed Black Carp?
Black Carp (1998) was directed by Osamu Yamaizumi and stars Toshiyuki Nishida, Takako Matsu, Hiromi Nagasaku.