The Eel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-08-21

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (4174 Reviews)

Director:

Shèhei Imamura

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Kèji Yakusho Misa Shimizu Mitsuko Baishè Akira Emoto

Writer:

Shèhei Imamura

Daisuke Tengan

Motofumi Tomikawa

Akira Yoshimura (novel)

Fullplot:

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.

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