Specs for the UK DVD release of "Fish Story"

UK label Third Window Films will be releasing Yoshihiro Nakamura's Fish Story on DVD next month, and the specs of the release are now finalized.

Based on a 2007 novel by Kotaro Isaka, the film ties together seemingly unrelated events from four different time periods over a 37-year span to explain how a single song by a failed punk rock band eventually saves the world from global extinction.

Plot: In 1975, a punk band called Gekirin records what will turn out to be their final song: "Fish Story". In 1982, a meek college student named Masashi (Gaku Hamada) hears strange rumors about a woman's scream being embedded in the track. Later, he meets a woman who predicts he'll save the world one day. In 2009, a teenager named Asami (Mikako Tabe) falls asleep during a class trip and is left behind on a boat. Criminals board the ship, but a mysterious cook who identifies himself as a "Champion of Justice" (Mirai Moriyama) saves her life. In 2012, a huge comet hurdles toward Earth. With only 5 hours left until impact, humanity prepares for its fate while a small group gathers in a record shop where "Fish Story" can be heard playing on an old turntable.

Specs: Region 2, PAL, anamorphic widescreen. Japanese audio with selectable English subtitles. Features include:

• Making-of featurette (35 min.)
• Live performance by Gekirin at Tower Records Shibuya
• Theatrical trailer
• Trailers for other Third Window titles

Available at the following retailer(s) on July 26, 2010:

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