Hot Spring Shark Attack

Name: Hot Spring Shark Attack
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Rating: 5

1hr 18m

1hr 18m
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3.2/5 (1.3K)

There have been cases of mysterious disappearances of onsen visitors in Atsumi city in S prefecture.The victims were eventually found dead with signs of severe… More Details »

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Release Date:

Jul 9, 2025

Runtime:

1hr 18m

Synopsis

There have been cases of mysterious disappearances of onsen visitors in Atsumi city in S prefecture.The victims were eventually found dead with signs of severe injuries to their bodies resembling a vicious shark attack.

Moviegoers are saying

This Japanese shark B-movie has achieved cult status by being so deliberately absurd it transcends its own limitations - featuring sharks emerging from hot springs, speedo-clad heroes, and practical effects so charmingly terrible they become impressive. Audiences are united in their bewildered delight, with many claiming it's simultaneously the dumbest and greatest shark movie ever made.

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3.2

RATINGS 13 FANS

3.2

Nov 27, 2025

Arguably one of the best movies about sharks; it's so silly, of course. The practical effects aren't amazing, but the movie is so funny and good! The scene with the submarine I couldn't stop laughing at. The best decision I took was to not take this movie too seriously to…

181 Likes

𝔻𝕚𝕖𝕘𝕠

Jul 1, 2025

This movie probably would have been a lot of fun to watch with a group of people. I felt like I needed at least one other person with me as a witness to confirm that my eyeballs were indeed seeing what I thought they were seeing. Did I just imagine this entire movie? Was…

75 Likes

Lexi Amoriello

Aug 16, 2025

This might be the greatest shark movie of all time

65 Likes

Florent
Jul 7, 2025

This is cheap in such inventive, silly and fun ways. Cartoonish is an understatement; it’s bad-looking in ways I didn’t know were possible and therefore are impressive.

60 Likes

Brett Arnold

Oct 15, 2025

easily one of the dumbest things I've ever seen (complimentary)

57 Likes

Justin LaLiberty

Jul 5, 2025

50 years ago we had the masterclass Spielberg film Jaws. Whoever would have guessed that 5 decades later we would be graced with a nonsense Japanese movie about sharks that pop out of hot springs to attack locals and tourists?! And yes… it is even more absurd than that…

50 Likes

Scott R
Jun 20, 2025

Jaws swam so Hotspring Sharkattack could fly

47 Likes

Robert Rau

Jul 19, 2025

They need to be releasing one of these every single year, they are the single greatest educational tool in how to combat sharks that may appear in your local hot spring.

42 Likes

Movie Good or Movie Bad?

Sep 13, 2025

There’s life before hot spring shark attack and life after that. This film changed my life. Peak cinema.

38 Likes

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