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Film · 1997
The Eel
1h 57mDirected by Shōhei Imamura
- Drama
- 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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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
Details
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Writer
- Shōhei Imamura, Motofumi Tomikawa, Daisuke Tengan
- Novel
- Akira Yoshimura
- Music
- Shinichiro Ikebe
- Cinematography
- Shigeru Komatsubara
- Editor
- Hajime Okayasu
- Producer
- Hisashi Iino
- Release
- May 12, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- Eisei Gekijo, Groove Corporation, Imamura Productions
- TMDB score
- 6.9 / 10 from 135 votes
Where to watch
Stream
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