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The Eel

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The Eel — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • May 12, 1997
  • Runtime
  • 117 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, Crime
  • Director
  • Shōhei Imamura

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The Eel — Cast

Koji Yakusho photo Koji Yakusho Takuro Yamashita Misa Shimizu photo Misa Shimizu Keiko Hattori Akira Emoto photo Akira Emoto Tamotsu Takasaki Fujio Tokita photo Fujio Tokita Jiro Nakajima Mitsuko Baisho photo Mitsuko Baisho Misako Nakajima Show Aikawa photo Show Aikawa Yuji Nozawa Ken Kobayashi photo Ken Kobayashi Masaki Saito Sabu Kawahara photo Sabu Kawahara Seitaro Misato

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