The Eel
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Shohei Imamura
Kalen Kurino
Hiroyuki Konishi
Kyohei Hayakawa
Ken Mitshishi
Kyoya Ogawa
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Eight years after hacking to death his wife and her lover with a fishing knife, a man is released from prison and tries to start his life anew. He moves to a provincial village, opens a barbershop, spends time with his pet eel, and saves the life of a young woman who has attempted suicide.
Director
Shohei Imamura
Cast
Kalen Kurino
Hiroyuki Konishi
Kyohei Hayakawa
Ken Mitshishi
Kyoya Ogawa
Takashi Odajima
Yasuharu Okubo
Toshishige Omori
Kazuya Sasaki
Shoichi Ozawa
Masayuki Akinaga
Saburo Masamura
Makoto Sato
Fujio Tsuneta
Sabu Kawara
Sansho Shinsui
Kazuyuki Senba
Tomoroh Taguchi
Koichi Ueda
Hiroko Miyazaki
Sho Aikawa
Toshio Ishido
Kôji Yakusho
Sayuri Jindagawa
Masahiro Noguchi
Hisaya Nosaka
Rumi Shiina
Kazuki Kitamura
Aramasa Nakamaru
Miyuki Miura
Bansho Shinra
Shigeru Hiraizumi
Akira Emoto
Etsuko Ichihara
Norihori Takahashi
Jiko Uchiyama
Ikiko Ihara
Kentaro Sakai
Ken Kobayashi
Chiho Terada
Makoto Yamamoto
Yohihiro Zaitsu
Mitsuko Baisho
Kaoru Ikeda
Misa Shimizu
Seiji Kurasaki
Crew
Toshiharu Aida
Yokozo Akamatsu
Kenichi Benitanai
Shigeko Igawa
Hisa Iino
Shin'ichiro Ikebe
Shohei Imamura
Hisao Inagaki
Fumio Inoue
Yasuo Iwaki
Kyoko Iwasaki
Koshiro Jimbo
Nobuyuki Kajikawa
Hiroharu Kobayashi
Shigeru Komatsubara
Takeshi Kubota
Masahide Kuwahara
Kazuo Matsuda
Yasushi Matsuda
Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Hirofumi Nakase
Hideko Nakata
Akira Narusawa
Hajime Okayasu
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Masatoshi Sato
Kazuo Suzaki
Daisuke Tengan
Motofumi Tomikawa
Yoshio Yamada
Akira Yoshimura
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States on Video May 30, 2000
Released in United States September 18, 1998
Released in United States September 1998
Released in United States Summer August 21, 1998
Shown at Aspen Filmfest in Aspen, Colorado September 23-27, 1998.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 7-19, 1997.
Shown at Festival of Films D'Auteur in Belgrade, Serbia November 20-27, 1997.
Shown at Goteborg Film Festival in Goteborg, Sweden January 30 - February 8, 1998.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 6-16, 1997.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1997.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 28 - February 8, 1998.
Shown at St Louis International Film Festival October 29 - November 8, 1998.
Shown at Taormina International Film Festival in Sicily July 23-29, 1997.
8/9/99 typos. cjd
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1997.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Goteborg Film Festival in Goteborg, Sweden January 30 - February 8, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 28 - February 8, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at St Louis International Film Festival October 29 - November 8, 1998.)
Released in United States May 1997 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 7-19, 1997.)
Released in United States on Video May 30, 2000
Released in United States July 1997 (Shown at Taormina International Film Festival in Sicily July 23-29, 1997.)
Released in United States August 1997 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 6-16, 1997.)
Released in United States Summer August 21, 1998
Co-winner of the Palme d'Or at 1997 Cannes International Film Festival.
Triple award winner for Japan's 1997 Academy prizes, including best director, best actor (Yakusho Koji) and best supporting actress (Mitsuko Baisho).
Limited Release in United States September 4, 1998
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States August 1997
Released in United States July 1997
Released in United States May 1997
Released in United States November 1997
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Aspen Filmfest in Aspen, Colorado September 23-27, 1998.)
Limited Release in United States September 4, 1998
Released in United States September 18, 1998 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1997 (Shown at Festival of Films D'Auteur in Belgrade, Serbia November 20-27, 1997.)
