The Eel

The Eel (1997)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1997-05-12
  • User Rating: 6.92/10 from 100 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Eisei Gekijo
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura
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Summary

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.

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  • Koji Yakusho

    as Takuro Yamashita

  • Misa Shimizu

    as Keiko Hattori

  • Akira Emoto

    as Tamotsu Takasaki

  • Fujio Tokita

    as Jiro Nakajima

  • Mitsuko Baisho

    as Misako Nakajima

  • Show Aikawa

    as Yuji Nozawa

  • Ken Kobayashi

    as Masaki Saito

  • Sabu Kawahara

    as Seitaro Misato

  • Etsuko Ichihara

    as Fumie Hattori

  • Tomorowo Taguchi

    as Eiji Dojima

  • Chiho Terada

    as Emiko Yamashita

  • Sanshô Shinsui

    as Doctor

  • Koichi Ueda

    as Detective Keiji

  • Ken Mitsuishi

    as Detective

  • Hiroyuki Konishi

    as Medical Examiner

  • Shoichi Ozawa

    as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

  • Makoto Satō

    as Jukichi Takada

  • Fumio Tokita

    as Nakajima

  • Shinsho Nakamaru

    as Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend

  • Sei Hiraizumi

    as Prison Officer

  • Seiji Kurasaki

    as

  • Toshirō Ishidō

    as

  • Masayuki Akinaga

    as

  • Masahiro Noguchi

    as

  • Takashi Odajima

    as

  • Kentarô Sakai

    as

  • Teresa Saponangelo

    as

  • Kazuya Sasaki

    as

  • Kazuyuki Senba

    as

  • Rumi Shiina

    as

  • Miho Shimizu

    as

  • Ziko Uchiyama

    as
Directing Shōhei Imamura Director
Writing Shōhei Imamura Writer
Writing Daisuke Tengan Writer
Writing Motofumi Tomikawa Writer
Writing Akira Yoshimura Novel
Sound Shinichirô Ikebe Original Music Composer
Crew Shigeru Komatsubara Cinematography
Editing Hajime Okayasu Editor
Art Hisao Inagaki Production Design
Art Yoshio Yamada Set Decoration
Art Toshiharu Aida Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Shigeko Ikawa Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Kazuo Matsuda Costume Supervisor

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