The Eel

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The Eel

1997

1h 57m

6.9(135 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

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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10 featured cast members

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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

Creative team

Directed by: Shōhei Imamura
Written by: Shōhei Imamura
Motofumi Tomikawa
Produced by: Hisashi Iino

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