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The Eel
Running Time: 116 min.
MPAA Rating: NR
Produced By: / Eisei Gekijo Company / Groove Corporation / Imamura Productions / KSS Films / Shochiku
Released: September 18, 1998 (USA)

Summary:
Veteran filmmaker and perennial iconoclast Shohei Imamura directs this darkly comic tale about love, redemption, and a man's beloved pet eel. The film opens with Takuro Yamashita (Koji Yakusho), a seemingly normal salaryman, learning that his wife mi... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Koji Yakusho (Takuro Yamashita) Misa Shimizu (Keiko Hattori) Mitsuko Baisho (Misako Nakajima) Etsuko Ichihara (Fumie Hattori) All Cast & Crew >> Review: Master filmmaker Shohei Imamura won his second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with this oddball tale about a man and his pet eel. Though this film exhibits Imamura's trademark fascination with the messy underside of humanity, where barely re ... Continue >>

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