The Eel

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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.

Shōhei Imamura

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Akira Yoshimura,Motofumi Tomikawa,Shōhei Imamura,...

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12-05-1997

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117 min

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Japanese

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★ 7.0

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12-05-1997

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6.991

Rating

111

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117 min

Runtime

Released

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Japanese

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Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura (Tokyo, 15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, but was never Oscar nominated for any category. His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's films The Eel (1997), Dr. Akagi (1998), Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) and 11'9"01 September 11 (2002).

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