The Eel

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Streaming availability

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Criterion Channel

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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Takuro Yamashita

Misa Shimizu

Keiko Hattori

Akira Emoto

Tamotsu Takasaki

Fujio Tokita

Jiro Nakajima

Mitsuko Baisho

Misako 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

Sanshō Shinsui

Doctor

Koichi Ueda

Detective Keiji

Ken Mitsuishi

Detective

Hiroyuki Konishi

Medical Examiner

Shoichi Ozawa

Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

Makoto Satō

Jukichi Takada

Shinsho Nakamaru

Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend

Sei Hiraizumi

Prison Officer

Seiji Kurasaki

Crew

Art

• Hisao Inagaki Production Design
• Toshiharu Aida Set Decoration
• Yoshio Yamada Set Decoration

Camera

• Shigeru Komatsubara Director of Photography
• Kazutoshi Sasada Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Shigeko Ikawa Makeup Artist
• Kazuo Matsuda Costume Supervisor

Directing

• Shōhei Imamura Director
• Hideko Nakata Script Supervisor

Editing

• Hajime Okayasu Editor

Lighting

• Yasuo Iwaki Gaffer

Production

• Hisashi Iino Producer
• Koji Matsuda Line Producer

Sound

• Shinichiro Ikebe Original Music Composer
• Kenichi Benitani Sound Recordist
• Masatoshi Saito Sound Effects
• Masaya Kitada Sound Effects

Writing

• Akira Yoshimura Novel
• Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
• Motofumi Tomikawa Screenplay
• Daisuke Tengan Screenplay