20 Most Disturbing Japanese Horror Movies Of All Time

13. Cold Fish (2010)

The Plot: Shamoto (Mitsuru Fukikoshi) is a down-on-his-luck family man who fails to connect with both his wife and daughter. When fellow fish shop owner Murata (Denden) employs Shamoto's daughter in his store, things seem to be turning around, but it soon transpires that Murata is a psychopathic serial killer who employs a shell-shocked Shamoto as his not-so-willing accomplice. Why It's Disturbing: Though its overall effect is blunted a little by its excessive 146-minute run-time, Cold Fish is nevertheless another viscerally repulsive yet unquestionably entrancing effort from Sion Sono. Though there's plenty of disquieting rape and a ton of grisly gore, it's the psychological component that makes this one truly stick with the viewer, how a suitably charismatic, determined individual can take control of those around them. To see a family so efficiently dismantled over two and a half hours is exhausting but worth the investment: Sono keeps things gritty and grounded despite the inherent absurdity of the premise.