The Eel
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
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
Toshirō Ishidō
Masayuki Akinaga
Masahiro Noguchi
Takashi Odajima
Kentarô Sakai
Kazuya Sasaki
Kazuyuki Senba
Rumi Shiina
Miho Shimizu
Zeeko Uchiyama
Crew
Akira Yoshimura
Novel
Hisao Inagaki
Production Design
Daisuke Tengan
Writer
Shigeko Ikawa
Makeup Artist
Shōhei Imamura
Writer
Shōhei Imamura
Director
Motofumi Tomikawa
Writer
Hajime Okayasu
Editor
Toshiharu Aida
Set Decoration
Shigeru Komatsubara
Cinematography
Kazuo Matsuda
Costume Supervisor
Yoshio Yamada
Set Decoration
Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer