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.
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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
Shōhei Imamura Director
Akira Yoshimura Novel
Shinichiro Ikebe Original Music Composer
Hajime Okayasu Editor
Hisao Inagaki Production Design
Yoshio Yamada Set Decoration
Toshiharu Aida Set Decoration
Shigeko Ikawa Makeup Artist
Kazuo Matsuda Costume Supervisor
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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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1997 Shochiku, Eisei Gekijo, Imamura Productions, Groove Corporation.