The Eel

May 12, 1997

1h 57m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Eisei Gekijo

Groove Corporation

Imamura Productions

Shochiku

The Eel Trailers

Cast

Takuro Yamashita

Koji Yakusho

Keiko Hattori

Misa Shimizu

Tamotsu Takasaki

Akira Emoto

Jiro Nakajima

Fujio Tokita

Misako Nakajima

Mitsuko Baisho

Yuji Nozawa

Show Aikawa

Masaki Saito

Ken Kobayashi

Seitaro Misato

Sabu Kawahara

Fumie Hattori

Etsuko Ichihara

Eiji Dojima

Tomorowo Taguchi

Emiko Yamashita

Chiho Terada

Doctor

Sanshō Shinsui

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