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The Eel 1997

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Released1997-05-24 + 6 more
Runtime1h 57m
DirectorShōhei Imamura

WritersDaisuke Tengan + 3 more, Shōhei Imamura, Akira Yoshimura (novel), Motofumi Tomikawa
CountryJapan
LanguagesJapanese
StudiosEisei Gekijo + 3 more, Groove Corporation, Imamura Productions, Shochiku Co., Ltd.
GenresDrama, Crime

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.

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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

Sanshô Shinsui

Doctor

Koichi Ueda

Detective Keiji

Ken Mitsuishi

Detective

Hiroyuki Konishi

Medical Examiner

Shoichi Ozawa

Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

Makoto Satō

Jukichi Takada

Fumio Tokita

Nakajima

Shinsho Nakamaru

Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend

Sei Hiraizumi

Prison Officer

Seiji Kurasaki

Toshirō Ishidō

Masayuki Akinaga

Masahiro Noguchi

Takashi Odajima

Kentarô Sakai

Teresa Saponangelo

Kazuya Sasaki

Kazuyuki Senba

Rumi Shiina

Miho Shimizu

Ziko Uchiyama

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