The Eel
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| The Eel | |
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 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
| Produced by | Hiso Ino Yoshihisa Nakagawa Yasushi Matsuda |
| Written by | Novel: Akira Yoshimura Screenplay: Shohei Imamura Daisuke Tengan Motofumi Tomikawa |
| Music by | Shinichiro Ikebe |
| Cinematography | Shigeru Komatsubara |
| Editing by | Hajime Okayasu |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Released | May 24, 1997 |
| Running time | 117 min. |
| IMDb profile | |
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| Trailer | |
The Eel (うなぎ Unagi) is a 1997 Japanese film based on the Akira Yoshimura novel Yami Ni Hirameku and directed by Shohei Imamura.
[edit] Plot
Yamashita is sent to prison for killing his adulterous wife. After 8 years behind bars, during which he was trained as a barber, he returns to a small village and opens a barber shop. He hires a suicidal girl named Keiko who reminds him of his wife, but keeps his distance.
[edit] Cast
- Koji Yakusho ... Takuro Yamashita
- Misa Shimizu ... Keiko Hattori
- Mitsuko Baisho ... Misako Nakajima
- Akira Emoto ... Tamotsu Takasaki
- Fujio Tsuneta ... Jiro Nakajima
- Show Aikawa ... Yuji Nozawa
- Ken Kobayashi ... Masaki Saito
- Sabu Kawahara ... Seitaro Misato
- Etsuko Ichihara ... Fumie Hattori
- Tomorowo Taguchi ... Eiji Dojima
- Chiho Terada ... Emiko Yamashita
- Shinsho Nakamaru
- Sei Hiraizumi
- Seiji Kurasaki
- Toshiro Ishido
- Sansho Shinsui ... Doctor
- Koichi Ueda ... Detective
- Ken Mitsuishi ... Detective
- Hiroyuki Konishi ... Medical Examiner
- Shoichi Ozawa ... Elderly Doctor
- Teresa Saponangelo
- Makoto Sato ... Jukichi Takada
- Miho Shimizu
[edit] External links
- The Eel review at Midnight Eye
