5/7/2023 0 Comments Thessa the other side![]() They seem to be the missing link in evolution – as if they were halfway through becoming four-legged terrestrials – but suddenly stopped evolving and decided that their amphibian shape was good enough. ![]() I think most mutsugorous don’t have much in common with Mutsumi’s character. How did the strange amphibian inform the parameters of Mutsumi’s character traits? Then I started writing, and the themes of ambition, perfectionism and self-acceptance became more clear. To narrow things down and turn my fascination into an actual story, my Producer Gijs Kerbosch from HALAL asked me what my personal connection to the mutsugorou was. I could have given a whole lecture about the life and habitat of the mutsugorou! But the film’s narrative was still pretty open at that point. I instantly fell in love with this odd amphibian creature. I instantly fell in love with this odd amphibian creature and started collecting all these facts and images – and completely abandoned the volcano idea (well, not completely but that’s another story… stay tuned!). The mutsugorou is almost a sort of mascot for this area, so it was difficult to avoid it. It all started when researching the Saga region (in Kyushu, Japan) regarding an idea I had for a film about a woman and a volcano. It actually went the other way around, I married my fascination with the mutsugorou with themes from my own life experience. What made you want to explore these themes and how did that become married with the idea of the mutsugorou? Despite its fantastical premise, The Walking Fish is very much a grounded in real world concerns about ambition, drive and the discontentment which can arise from ‘falling short’.
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