The Eel

  • Drama
  • Crime
5/12/1997
117

Storyline

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.

Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Writers:
Daisuke Tengan
Shōhei Imamura
Motofumi Tomikawa

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      Cast

      • Koji Yakusho
        Takuro Yamashita
      • Misa Shimizu
        Keiko Hattori
      • Akira Emoto
        Tamotsu Takasaki
      • Fujio Tokita
        Jiro Nakajima
      • Mitsuko Baisho
        Misako Nakajima
      • Show Aikawa
        Yuji Nozawa
      • Ken Kobayashi
        Masaki Saito
      • Sabu Kawahara
        Seitaro Misato
      • Etsuko Ichihara
        Fumie Hattori
      • Tomorowo Taguchi
        Eiji Dojima
      • Chiho Terada
        Emiko Yamashita
      • Sanshō Shinsui
        Doctor
      • Koichi Ueda
        Detective Keiji
      • Ken Mitsuishi
        Detective
      • Hiroyuki Konishi
        Medical Examiner
      • Shoichi Ozawa
        Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

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