Eel, The
Eight years after hacking to death his wife and her lover with a fishing knife, a man is released from prison and tries to start his life anew.
He moves to a provincial village, opens a barbershop, spends time with his pet eel, and saves the life of a young woman who has attempted suicide.
Directed by
Shohei Imamura
Cast
Koji Yakusho - Takuro Yamashita
Misa Shimizu - Keiko Hattori
Fujio Tsuneta - Jiro Nakajima
Mitsuko Baisho - Misako--Nakajima's Wife
Makoto Sato - Jukichi Takada--Carpenter
Akira Emoto - Tamotsu Takasaki--Ex-Convict
Sho Aikawa - Yuji Nozawa--Yakuza
Ken Kobayashi - Masaki Saito--UFO Freak
Sabu Kawara - Seitaro Misato--Cop
Etsuko Ichihara - Fumie Hattori--Keiko's Mother
Tomorowo Taguchi - Eji Dojima
Production Co.
KSS Inc
Imamura Productions
Cinema Japanesque
Groove Corporation
Shochiku Cinema
Eisei Gekijo Co Ltd
Produced by
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Hisa Iino
Studio
Shochiku Films Inc
Writer
Akira Yoshimura
Motofumi Tomikawa
Daisuke Tengan
Shohei Imamura
Music
Shin'Ichiro Ikebe
