![The Eel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//2yYrBdhPzsrHQlNqswFa90y6bZu.jpg)
![The Eel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jM2FENCF3NNcw6htrqXglVueicb.jpg)
The Eel
1 hour 57 minutes1997-05-12
6.9
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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](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//r2WyVRyl6EJgyPKUJCB7D9cKYPE.jpg)
Koji Yakusho
Takuro Yamashita
![Misa Shimizu](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kmUhyTH0wDzLZVzFbDuKNvkfWgG.jpg)
Misa Shimizu
Keiko Hattori
![Akira Emoto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xzkNCTcLGNkcyd6BctEhtRVP4L3.jpg)
Akira Emoto
Tamotsu Takasaki
![Fujio Tokita](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2DPIQcwwiv8BtyZIYKAmINUnd5J.jpg)
Fujio Tokita
Jiro Nakajima
![Mitsuko Baisho](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9KxtTA9ygsuWrWOFWp75A8D4EPc.jpg)
Mitsuko Baisho
Misako Nakajima
![Show Aikawa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zpeiRnFoH0Cktgu1ky8fRdNNOXT.jpg)
Show Aikawa
Yuji Nozawa
![Ken Kobayashi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7149tQG1gToWDHN2CyVqqg1i2dR.jpg)
Ken Kobayashi
Masaki Saito
![Sabu Kawahara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dOmYUWk1el53krVmPS8FfxmQBB6.jpg)
Sabu Kawahara
Seitaro Misato
![Etsuko Ichihara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qDMwdYtLjj58ronpF7W0TNcwnSZ.jpg)
Etsuko Ichihara
Fumie Hattori
![Tomorowo Taguchi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2HBKnNsQASpHZbcXGMk8XPrRN7K.jpg)
Tomorowo Taguchi
Eiji Dojima
![Chiho Terada](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5pi6w7c0Ze50rK35oLKWtvNBtjt.jpg)
Chiho Terada
Emiko Yamashita
![Sanshô Shinsui](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yYktrYPPxbetHSmqmIIRsgSjscN.jpg)
Sanshô Shinsui
Doctor
![Koichi Ueda](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9rso4VVej1wejJyNQ6QgDBwGlr6.jpg)
Koichi Ueda
Detective Keiji
![Ken Mitsuishi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rFvma7dorrI3HJUGMVqSnFjLyfN.jpg)
Ken Mitsuishi
Detective
![Hiroyuki Konishi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cFAygR6ShxNuV2Fc4NrWis9A2ef.jpg)
Hiroyuki Konishi
Medical Examiner
![Shoichi Ozawa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//njENutufqpSUdjvOe2zTWy7EJX4.jpg)
Shoichi Ozawa
Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
![Makoto Satō](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//d6Wakh9IfxYGf8BZ76EqMXL7EFm.jpg)
Makoto Satō
Jukichi Takada
![Fumio Tokita](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fumio Tokita
Nakajima
![Shinsho Nakamaru](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9Y5io7SVsQ6hNpC5y5W1hqSJiIm.jpg)
Shinsho Nakamaru
Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend
![Sei Hiraizumi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4zrn7ltgOCvjyk9CWrhmsS7yrlc.jpg)
Sei Hiraizumi
Prison Officer
![Seiji Kurasaki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Seiji Kurasaki
![Toshirō Ishidō](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jPMNkJhevPRXUl7hOsbZvW54b1y.jpg)
Toshirō Ishidō
![Masayuki Akinaga](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masayuki Akinaga
![Masahiro Noguchi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//o0Mks8wYkrSF1xNH5Y7h9SgTFxk.jpg)
Masahiro Noguchi
![Takashi Odajima](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Takashi Odajima
![Kentarô Sakai](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kentarô Sakai
![Teresa Saponangelo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bX7qS1ighwuT7GuUxig4c9vcuFy.jpg)
Teresa Saponangelo
![Kazuya Sasaki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kazuya Sasaki
![Kazuyuki Senba](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kazuyuki Senba
![Rumi Shiina](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rumi Shiina
![Miho Shimizu](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Miho Shimizu
![Ziko Uchiyama](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)