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The Eel

Original title: うなぎ

  • Movie
  • 1997
  • 1h 57m

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 136 votes

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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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Trailer

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Cast and crew

  • Koji Yakusho

    Koji YakushoTakuro Yamashita

  • Misa Shimizu

    Misa ShimizuKeiko Hattori

  • Akira Emoto

    Akira EmotoTamotsu Takasaki

  • Fujio Tokita

    Fujio TokitaJiro Nakajima

  • Mitsuko Baisho

    Mitsuko BaishoMisako Nakajima

  • Show Aikawa

    Show AikawaYuji Nozawa

  • Ken Kobayashi

    Ken KobayashiMasaki Saito

  • Sabu Kawahara

    Sabu KawaharaSeitaro Misato

  • Etsuko Ichihara

    Etsuko IchiharaFumie Hattori

  • Tomorowo Taguchi

    Tomorowo TaguchiEiji Dojima

  • Chiho Terada

    Chiho TeradaEmiko Yamashita

  • Sanshō Shinsui

    Sanshō ShinsuiDoctor

  • Koichi Ueda

    Koichi UedaDetective Keiji

  • Ken Mitsuishi

    Ken MitsuishiDetective

  • Hiroyuki Konishi

    Hiroyuki KonishiMedical Examiner

  • Shoichi Ozawa

    Shoichi OzawaGynaecolology Clinic Doctor

  • Makoto Satō

    Makoto SatōJukichi Takada

  • Shinsho Nakamaru

    Shinsho NakamaruEmiko Yamashita's Boyfriend

Director
Shōhei Imamura
Writer
Akira Yoshimura, Shōhei Imamura and Motofumi Tomikawa
Music
Shinichiro Ikebe
Cinematography
Shigeru Komatsubara