The Eel

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Movie: The Eel
Romaji: Unagi
Japanese: うなぎ
Director: Shohei Imamura
Writer: Shohei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan
Producer: Hiso Ino
Cinematographer: Shigeru Komatsubara
Release Date: May 24, 1997
Runtime: 117 min
Studio: Shochiku
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

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.

Cast

Koji Yakusho - Takuro Yamashita
Misa Shimizu - Keiko Hattori
Mitsuko Baisho - Misako Nakajima
Akira Emoto - Tamotsu Takasaki
Fujio Tokita - Jiro Nakajima
Sho Aikawa - Yuji Nozawa
Ken Kobayashi - Masaki Saito
Sabu Kawahara - Seitaro Misato
Etsuko Ichihara - Fumie Hattori
Tomorowo Taguchi - Eiji Dojima
Chiho Terada - Emiko Yamashita
Shinsho Nakamaru
Sei Hiraizumi
Seiji Kurasaki
Toshiro Ishido
Sansho Shinsui - Doctor
Koichi Ueda - Detective
Ken Mitsuishi - Detective
Hiroyuki Konishi - Medical Examiner
Shoichi Ozawa - Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Teresa Saponangelo
Makoto Sato - Jukichi Takada
Miho Shimizu
Masahiro Noguchi

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