The Eel

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  • NR
  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1997
  • Running time: 117 min
The Eel (うなぎ Unagi) is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura and starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from...read more

The Eel (うなぎ Unagi) is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura and starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film The Pornographers. It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with Taste of Cherry. It also won the 1998 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.

Original Release

05/24/1997

US Release

08/21/1998

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Shohei Imamura

Writers

Shohei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura

Cast

Producers

Editors

Hajime Okayasu

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