The Eel (1997)
1h 57m
Running Time
May 12, 1997Release Date
The Eel (1997)
1h 57m
Running Time
May 12, 1997Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Koji Yakusho
Takuro Yamashita
Misa Shimizu
Keiko Hattori
Akira Emoto
Tamotsu Takasaki
Fujio Tokita
Jiro Nakajima
Megumi Yasue
Misako 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
Sanshô Shinsui
Doctor
Koichi Ueda
Detective Keiji
Ken Mitsuishi
Detective
Hiroyuki Konishi
Medical Examiner
Shoichi Ozawa
Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Makoto Satō
Jukichi Takada
Hisashi Iino
Producer
Fumio Tokita
Nakajima
Shinsho Nakamaru
Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend
Sei Hiraizumi
Prison Officer
Shōhei Imamura
Director / Writer
Daisuke Tengan
Writer
Motofumi Tomikawa
Writer
Akira Yoshimura
Novel
Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Shigeru Komatsubara
Cinematography
Hajime Okayasu
Editor
Hisao Inagaki
Production Design
Yoshio Yamada
Set Decoration
Toshiharu Aida
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi) is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura and starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film The Pornographers. It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with Taste of Cherry. It also won the 1998 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.
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