JAPAN · 1997

The Eel

Shohei Imamura
Japanese New Wave redemption after violence isolation and alienation prison and rehabilitation infidelity and betrayal human connection through animals
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Synopsis

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.

Year1997
CountryJapan
DirectorShohei Imamura
The Eel poster

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