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The Eel

Name: The Eel
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1997
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Mitsuko Baisho

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.

1997 · Directed by Shōhei Imamura · 117 min · Drama · Crime · 10 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Shōhei Imamura, Motofumi Tomikawa, Daisuke Tengan
Cinematography: Shigeru Komatsubara
Edited by: Hajime Okayasu
Music: Shinichiro Ikebe
Production design: Hisao Inagaki
Produced by: Hisashi Iino

Cast

Koji Yakusho as Takuro Yamashita
Misa Shimizu as Keiko Hattori
Akira Emoto as Tamotsu Takasaki
Fujio Tokita as Jiro Nakajima
Mitsuko Baisho as Misako Nakajima
Show Aikawa as Yuji Nozawa
Ken Kobayashi as Masaki Saito
Sabu Kawahara as Seitaro Misato
Etsuko Ichihara as Fumie Hattori
Tomorowo Taguchi as Eiji Dojima

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Eisei Gekijo, Groove Corporation, Imamura Productions, Shochiku
Themes: eel

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