The Eel

The Eel (1997)


  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 1997-05-12
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 107 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Eisei Gekijo
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura
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From 107 Ratings

Summary

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

    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

  • Sanshō 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

  • Zeeko Uchiyama

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

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