Drama · Crime
The Eel
Avg rating 7.7 / My rating TBC
1997 · Directed by Shōhei Imamura · With Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto
Film info
- Runtime
- 1h 57m · 117 min
- IMDb
- 7.3 / 10 (6,526 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 83% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 81 / 100
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (audience, 135 votes)
- Trailer
- ▶ Watch the trailer
Full cast and crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Koji YakushoActoras Takuro Yamashita
- Misa ShimizuActoras Keiko Hattori
- Akira EmotoActoras Tamotsu Takasaki
- Fujio TokitaActoras Jiro Nakajima
- Mitsuko BaishoActoras Misako Nakajima
- Show AikawaActoras Yuji Nozawa
- Ken KobayashiActoras Masaki Saito
- Sabu KawaharaActoras Seitaro Misato
- Shinichiro IkebeComposer
About this film
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.
Synopsis from TMDB.
The full Cinespective guide for this film (context, what to notice, analysis) is not ready yet.