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The Eel
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
Where to watch
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Cast
Koji YakushoTakuro Yamashita
Misa ShimizuKeiko Hattori
Akira EmotoTamotsu Takasaki
Fujio TokitaJiro Nakajima
Mitsuko BaishoMisako Nakajima
Show AikawaYuji Nozawa
Ken KobayashiMasaki Saito
Sabu KawaharaSeitaro Misato
Etsuko IchiharaFumie Hattori
Tomorowo TaguchiEiji Dojima
Chiho TeradaEmiko Yamashita
Sanshō ShinsuiDoctor
Koichi UedaDetective Keiji
Ken MitsuishiDetective
Details
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Writers
- Akira Yoshimura, Shōhei Imamura, Motofumi Tomikawa
- Release date
- May 12, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Original language
- Japanese
- Studios
- Eisei Gekijo, Groove Corporation, Imamura Productions
