The Eel
Unagi
1997, Film, 117 min, Comedy, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 69
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.
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Cast
- Kōji Yakusho as Takuro Yamashita
- Misa Shimizu as Keiko Hattori
- Mitsuko Baishō as Misako Nakajima
- Akira Emoto as Tamotsu Takasaki
- Fujio Tokita as Jiro Nakajima
- Shō Aikawa as Yuji Nozawa
- Ken Kobayashi as Masaki Saito
- Sabu Kawahara as Seitaro Misato
- Etsuko Ichihara as Fumie Hattori
- Tomoroo Taguchi as Eiji Dojima
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