Overview - The Eel

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Crime

Runtime: 117 minutes

Homepage: The Eel

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

Production companies

  • Name: Eisei Gekijo

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Groove Corporation

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Imamura Productions

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Shochiku

    Production country Japan

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Koji Yakusho

    Character: Takuro Yamashita

    Popularity: 1.7348

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  • Name: Misa Shimizu

    Character: Keiko Hattori

    Popularity: 0.9076

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  • Name: Akira Emoto

    Character: Tamotsu Takasaki

    Popularity: 2.1125

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  • Name: Fujio Tokita

    Character: Jiro Nakajima

    Popularity: 0.849

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  • Name: Mitsuko Baisho

    Character: Misako Nakajima

    Popularity: 1.5152

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  • Name: Show Aikawa

    Character: Yuji Nozawa

    Popularity: 1.4289

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  • Name: Ken Kobayashi

    Character: Masaki Saito

    Popularity: 0.4054

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  • Name: Sabu Kawahara

    Character: Seitaro Misato

    Popularity: 0.907

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