Hi no Sakana
Movie
Hi no sakana
2009/07/24
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,541
Unique words895
Words (1-occurrence)577
Unique kanji444
Kanji (1-occurrence)208
Speech speed
236
Difficulty Hard

Hi no Sakana (火の魚, Fish of the Fire) is a Japanese novel by Murō Saisei; it was first published in 1960, and was later adapted into a single episode TV drama that was broadcast on NHK Hiroshima in 2009. The story describes the interactions between an elderly author and a young staffer from a publishing company as they collaborate on a book cover design for the author's latest novel.

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