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The Eel

The Eel1997

★6.9117 minDramaCrime

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.

Director

Shōhei Imamura

Writer

Shōhei Imamura Motofumi Tomikawa Daisuke Tengan

Score

Shinichiro Ikebe

Stars

Koji Yakusho Misa Shimizu Akira Emoto

Cast30

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
Chiho Terada
as Emiko Yamashita
Sanshō Shinsui
as Doctor
Koichi Ueda
as Detective Keiji
Ken Mitsuishi
as Detective
Hiroyuki Konishi
as Medical Examiner
Shoichi Ozawa
as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Makoto Satō
as Jukichi Takada
Shinsho Nakamaru
as Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend
Sei Hiraizumi
as Prison Officer
Seiji Kurasaki
Toshirō Ishidō
M
Masayuki Akinaga
Masahiro Noguchi
T
Takashi Odajima
K
Kentarô Sakai
K
Kazuya Sasaki
K
Kazuyuki Senba
R
Rumi Shiina
M
Miho Shimizu
Z
Zeeko Uchiyama

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