I thought this was an unusual movie when I saw many western names mixed with Japanese names on the initial credit. The movie itself is even more unusual in that it features a kappa, nudity, and some dancing to music by the kappa. Kappa is like the Japanese version of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but it has long history in Japanese folklore, and there's even speculation that it was an interpretation by the ancient Japanese eye witness of an alien visitation. Kappa appears in other movies such as Great Yokai Wars, and is a popular character in Japanese psyche.
The movie is sort of a love story. Kappa in question is a rebirth of Chage's old school mate that died from drowning. It seems that he came back to save Chage from certain death that is going to happen in few days.
In some ways, this movie is a study in effective movie making. For such a low budget (100k) movie, it holds up to movies that were created with more financial resources. But still, how the creators from Germany, and Japan came together to create this movie is bit of a mystery.
Kind of a cool project movie. It's done with outstanding skillfulness considering the resource, and time that went into its shooting (6 days).
I'm looking forward to see more movies from the producers of this movie.
