The Eel (Unagi) (1997)

7.5	Listal rating
7.3	IMDB rating

Drama (2), Spiritual Cinema (1), Palme D'or (1), Cannes Winner (1), Sort (1), SnP (1), Japan (1), Romance (1), Crime (1), Prison (1), 1990s (1), Adultery (1)

Description

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 ... (more)

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Starring (View all) :

Takuro Yamashita

Keiko Hattori

Misako Nakajima

Tamotsu Takasaki

Jiro Nakajima

Yuji Nozawa

Masaki Saito

Seitaro Misato

Fumie Hattori

Eiji Dojima

Written by (View all) :

Shohei Imamura

writer

Daisuke Tengan

writer

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