The Eel (1997)

★ 6.9/10 117 min Drama, Crime Japan Japanese

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Novel: Akira Yoshimura
Screenplay by: Shōhei Imamura, Motofumi Tomikawa, Daisuke Tengan

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Description

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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Top Cast

Koji Yakusho Takuro Yamashita

Misa Shimizu Keiko Hattori

Akira Emoto Tamotsu Takasaki

Fujio Tokita Jiro Nakajima

Mitsuko Baisho Misako Nakajima

Show Aikawa Yuji Nozawa

Ken Kobayashi Masaki Saito

Sabu Kawahara Seitaro Misato

The Eel Appears on 3 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Palme d'Or Winners

Cannes Film Festival #30

Canon Institutions

Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #493

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux

Metacritic #1841