12 May 1997 Drama, Crime 117 mins
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.
Watch the official The Eel 1997 trailer in HD below or find more The Eel videos on Vidimovie.
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
Akira Yoshimura Novel
Shōhei Imamura Director
Shigeko Ikawa Makeup Artist
Hisao Inagaki Production Design
Kazuo Matsuda Costume Supervisor
Hajime Okayasu Editor
Toshiharu Aida Set Decoration
Shinichiro Ikebe Original Music Composer
Yoshio Yamada Set Decoration
Shigeru Komatsubara Director of Photography
Hiso Ino Producer
Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
Motofumi Tomikawa Screenplay
Daisuke Tengan Screenplay
Yasuo Iwaki Gaffer
Kenichi Benitani Sound Recordist
Unagi Trailer
The Eel Trailer
Czech Republic 27 January 2013
France 17 February 2003
Japan 24 May 1997
Korea 02 October 2024
Netherlands 27 June 2011
Russia 09 October 2010
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1997:
28 May 1997
An engaged woman has flashbacks of previous identities and a past she cannot recall.
03 October 1997
Based on a novel of Segio Atzeni. By a lot of interviews, usualy contradictory, it discovers the many lifes of Tullio Saba, a Sardinian miner, thief, singer, union organizer, rebel.
08 August 1997
A technical problem aboard a transatlantic flight forces a plane to land in Porto Santo, the small island of Madeira's archipelago where, according to a legend, Christopher Columbus the 15th century navigator, lived for a while and entertained a sexual relationship with a widow and her nubile daughter.
06 June 1997
Mafia is trying to force an Afghanistan war veteran Arseniy to become a contract killer.
01 January 1997
Azam, who is convicted on charges of robbery is finally released after serving a 17-year sentence. With hopes of starting life anew, he hopes to reconcile with his family.
01 August 1997
A short dark animation about loneliness, aliens and sex in public places.
18 July 1997
Grieving the death of his girlfriend, Ashok visits his pal Hemanth. But the journey of healing takes a detour when Ashok begins to fall for Hemanth's devoted wife, Veena, who reminds Ashok of his lost love.
07 September 1997
A documentary portrait of the backstage efforts to stage the play Moon Over Buffalo on Broadway.
11 September 1997
To resupply the protoblood that sustains Kai's life, the crew of the Lexx travel back to the Cluster but find the planet deserted.
21 January 1997
The tumultuous affair between a young man and a woman twenty-five years his senior.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1997 Shochiku, Eisei Gekijo, Imamura Productions, Groove Corporation.
