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The Eel

05/12/1997

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1hr 57min

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Drama

,Crime

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Koji Yakusho
  • Misa Shimizu
  • Akira Emoto
  • Fujio Tokita
  • Mitsuko Baisho

    Director

  • Shōhei Imamura

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Eisei Gekijo
  • Groove Corporation
  • Imamura Productions
  • Shochiku

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

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

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