The Eel

Name: The Eel
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1997
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 7

1997 · 117 min

Drama · Crime

★ 7.0

Criterion

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay Motofumi Tomikawa
Screenplay Daisuke Tengan
Director of Photography Shigeru Komatsubara

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

Crew

Director — Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay — Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay — Motofumi Tomikawa
Screenplay — Daisuke Tengan
Director of Photography — Shigeru Komatsubara

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