The Eel

The Eel

117 mins | Drama | May 12, 1997

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he "befriended" in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn't let her become close to him.

The Eel

117 mins | Drama | May 12, 1997

The Eel
White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he "befriended" in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn't let her become close to him.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers
Original title うなぎ
Directors Shôhei Imamura
Writers Akira Yoshimura, Motofumi Tomikawa, Daisuke Tengan, Shôhei Imamura

Cast

Koji Yakusho

as Takuro Yamashita

Misa Shimizu

as Keiko Hattori

Akira Emoto

as Tamotsu Takasaki

Fujio Tokita

as Jiro Nakajima

Sho 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

Sanshô Shinsui

as Doctor

Koichi Ueda

as Keiji - A detective

Ken Mitsuishi

as Detective

Hiroyuki Konishi

as Medical Examiner

Shoichi Ozawa

as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

Makoto Satō

as Jukichi Takada

Fumio Tokita

as Nakajima

Mitsuko Baisho

as Misako Nakajima