The Eel (1997)
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
Writers:
Shōhei Imamura, Motofumi Tomikawa, Daisuke Tengan.
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Koji Yakusho as Takuro Yamashita |
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Misa Shimizu as Keiko Hattori |
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Akira Emoto as Tamotsu Takasaki |
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Fujio Tokita as Jiro Nakajima |
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Mitsuko Baisho as Misako Nakajima |
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Show Aikawa as Yuji Nozawa |
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Ken Kobayashi as Masaki Saito |
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Sabu Kawahara as Seitaro Misato |
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Etsuko Ichihara as Fumie Hattori |
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Tomorowo Taguchi as Eiji Dojima |
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Chiho Terada as Emiko Yamashita |
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Sanshō Shinsui as Doctor |
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Koichi Ueda as Detective Keiji |
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Ken Mitsuishi as Detective |
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Hiroyuki Konishi as Medical Examiner |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor |
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Makoto Satō as Jukichi Takada |
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Shinsho Nakamaru as Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Prison Officer |
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Seiji Kurasaki as |
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Toshirō Ishidō as |
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Masayuki Akinaga as |
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Masahiro Noguchi as |
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Takashi Odajima as |
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Kentarô Sakai as |
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Kazuya Sasaki as |
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Kazuyuki Senba as |
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Rumi Shiina as |
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Miho Shimizu as |
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Zeeko Uchiyama as |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Akira Yoshimura | Novel |
| Sound | Shinichiro Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Hajime Okayasu | Editor |
| Art | Hisao Inagaki | Production Design |
| Art | Yoshio Yamada | Set Decoration |
| Art | Toshiharu Aida | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeko Ikawa | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuo Matsuda | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | Shigeru Komatsubara | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hisashi Iino | Producer |
| Production | Koji Matsuda | Line Producer |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Motofumi Tomikawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Daisuke Tengan | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Gaffer |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Hideko Nakata | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Kazutoshi Sasada | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Masatoshi Saito | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Masaya Kitada | Sound Effects |
