The Eel(1997)

Name: The Eel
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1997
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto

Directed by: Shōhei Imamura

Drama / Crime

Movie1h 57m

3 editions on DVD, Blu-ray

DVD edition

The Eel DVD, DeAPlaneta Home Entertainment

DeAPlaneta Home Entertainment(2004)

DVD · Keep Case

8421466626658

Blu-ray editions (2)

Radiance(2025)

Blu-ray · Keep Case

760137199731

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Circus Boy

Blu-ray · Slipcover

About the film

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, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto

Production: Eisei Gekijo, Groove Corporation, Imamura Productions, Shochiku