There are three different songs within this movie: "Forgive Me," "Nightmare," and "Think About It/The Eel’s Song," each of which are shown in a different style of animation. Surprisingly, this movie is something of a musical. Though the animation might not be as immediately beautiful or complex as say, something from Disney, its gritty, dulled nature bolsters the thought provoking, emotional, and existentially terrifying story that Padak Padak brings. It also began life not as a large studio production, but as a bit of a passion project by the director, Dae-Hee Lee, who released it to the Jeonju Film Festival before it got a theater release in South Korea. For example, it’s one of the few movies available for rent or purchase on Steam. This film is an interesting piece to delve into, not just for its story, but for a few interesting details about it as a film. Death, specifically the torturous death by the hands of the restaurant’s chef, is shown in gorey detail, adding to the psychological horror of the film. The grim setting is played very seriously, as is the mortality that the fish deal with. While the rest of the fish in the tank don’t hold any hope of escape, Padak has known the sea, and she’s determined to get back to it. Padak, our main character, is a mackerel that’s been taken from the sea and placed into a tank at said live seafood restaurant where she and her fellow fish both await, avoid, and grapple with their inevitable demise. If you’re familiar with how live seafood restaurants work, then you’ll get a sinking feeling when you learn that that’s exactly where our fishy protagonists are trapped. Despite the aquatic main characters, Padak Padak is far from being Finding Nemo. Padak Padak, sometimes alternatively titled as PADAK or Swimming To Sea, is an independently made 3D adult animated film from South Korea.
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