White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he’s away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he “befriended” in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn’t let her become close to him.
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Movie Details: The Eel
| Title | The Eel |
| Genre(s) | Drama |
| Release | May 12, 1997 |
| Overview | White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he "befriended" in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn't let her become close to him. |
| Language(s) | 日本語 |
| Director | Shôhei Imamura |
| Casts | Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Sho Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi, Sabu Kawahara, Etsuko Ichihara, Tomorowo Taguchi, Chiho Terada, Sanshô Shinsui, Koichi Ueda, Ken Mitsuishi, Hiroyuki Konishi, Shoichi Ozawa, Makoto Satō, Fumio Tokita, Shinsho Nakamaru, Sei Hiraizumi, Seiji Kurasaki, Toshirô Ishidô, Masayuki Akinaga, Masahiro Noguchi, Takashi Odajima, Kentarô Sakai, Teresa Saponangelo, Kazuya Sasaki, Kazuyuki Senba, Rumi Shiina, Miho Shimizu, Ziko Uchiyama, Mitsuko Baisho, Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Sho Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi, Sabu Kawahara, Etsuko Ichihara, Tomorowo Taguchi, Chiho Terada, Sanshô Shinsui, Koichi Ueda, Ken Mitsuishi, Hiroyuki Konishi, Shoichi Ozawa, Makoto Satō, Fumio Tokita, Shinsho Nakamaru, Sei Hiraizumi, Seiji Kurasaki, Toshirô Ishidô, Masayuki Akinaga, Masahiro Noguchi, Takashi Odajima, Kentarô Sakai, Teresa Saponangelo, Kazuya Sasaki, Kazuyuki Senba, Rumi Shiina, Miho Shimizu, Ziko Uchiyama, Mitsuko Baisho |
| Duration | 1 Hour and 57 Minutes |
| Rating | 6.873 |
