The Eel
1997-05-12A 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.

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.

Takuro Yamashita
Koji Yakusho

Keiko Hattori
Misa Shimizu

Tamotsu Takasaki
Akira Emoto

Jiro Nakajima
Fujio Tokita

Misako Nakajima
Mitsuko Baisho

Yuji Nozawa
Show Aikawa

Masaki Saito
Ken Kobayashi

Seitaro Misato
Sabu Kawahara

Fumie Hattori
Etsuko Ichihara

Eiji Dojima
Tomorowo Taguchi

Emiko Yamashita
Chiho Terada

Doctor
Sanshō Shinsui

Detective Keiji
Koichi Ueda

Detective
Ken Mitsuishi

Medical Examiner
Hiroyuki Konishi

Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Shoichi Ozawa

Jukichi Takada
Makoto Satō

Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend
Shinsho Nakamaru

Prison Officer
Sei Hiraizumi

Seiji Kurasaki

Toshirō Ishidō
Masayuki Akinaga

Masahiro Noguchi
Takashi Odajima
Kentarô Sakai
Kazuya Sasaki
Kazuyuki Senba
Rumi Shiina
Miho Shimizu
Zeeko Uchiyama