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Release Date:
21 August 1998 (USA)
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Plot:
White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her...
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Plot Keywords:
Prison
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Barber
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Eel
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Barber Shop
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Suicide Attempt
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Awards:
14 wins
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13 nominations
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A little gem
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kôji Yakusho | ... | Takuro Yamashita |
| Misa Shimizu | ... | Keiko Hattori |
| Mitsuko Baisho | ... | Misako Nakajima |
| Akira Emoto | ... | Tamotsu Takasaki |
| Fujio Tsuneta | ... | Jiro Nakajima |
| Shô Aikawa | ... | Yuji Nozawa |
| Ken Kobayashi | ... | Masaki Saito |
| Sabu Kawahara | ... | Seitaro Misato |
| Etsuko Ichihara | ... | Fumie Hattori |
| Tomorowo Taguchi | ... | Eiji Dojima |
| Chiho Terada | ... | Emiko Yamashita |
| Shinshô Nakamaru | ||
| Sei Hiraizumi | ||
| Seiji Kurasaki | ||
| Toshirô Ishidô |
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Also Known As:
The Eel (UK) (USA)
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117 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R18 |
Iceland:16 |
Germany:16 |
Finland:K-18 |
France:U |
Argentina:16 |
Chile:18 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
Australia:R
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French visa # 92472
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Especial Cannes: 50 Anos de Festival (1997) (TV)
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THE EEL borders on dark humour when a man, who after eight years in prison for the murder of his wife, is released from jail. He sets himself up in a barber shop by the river and trouble comes knocking on his door and he can not seem to get away from it. Simple, yet effective, a very mature piece of work and pleasing overall.