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The Eel

Original title: うなぎ

1997 · 1h 57m

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

6.9

TMDB audience score
136 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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

  • Chiho Terada
    Emiko Yamashita

  • Sanshō Shinsui
    Doctor

  • Koichi Ueda
    Detective Keiji

  • Ken Mitsuishi
    Detective

  • Hiroyuki Konishi
    Medical Examiner

  • Shoichi Ozawa
    Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

  • Makoto Satō
    Jukichi Takada

  • Shinsho Nakamaru
    Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend