The Eel
1997· 117 min· Japan
ComedyDrama
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.
- Director
- Shôhei Imamura
- Writer
- Shôhei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa
- Released
- 21 Aug 1998
- Country
- Japan
- Awards
- 16 wins & 14 nominations
Cast
Kôji Yakusho
Misa Shimizu
Mitsuko Baishô
MS
Makoto Satō
Mitsuko Baishō
EI
Etsuko Ichihara
FT
Fujio Tokita
Shō Aikawa
SO
Shoichi Ozawa
Tomorowo Taguchi
Teresa Saponangelo
SH
Sei Hiraizumi
Akira Emoto
Ken Mitsuishi
Kōji Yakusho