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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
Name | Character |
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Koji Yakusho | Takuro Yamashita |
Misa Shimizu | Keiko Hattori |
Mitsuko Baisho | Misako Nakajima |
Akira Emoto | Tamotsu Takasaki |
Fujio Tokita | Jiro Nakajima |
Shô Aikawa | Yuji Nozawa |
Ken Kobayashi | Masaki Saito |
Sabu Kawahara | Seitaro Misato |
Etsuko Ichihara | Fumie Hattori |
Chiho Terada | Emiko Yamashita |
Directors
Writers
Shohei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura
Cast
Name | Character |
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Koji Yakusho | Takuro Yamashita |
Misa Shimizu | Keiko Hattori |
Mitsuko Baisho | Misako Nakajima |
Akira Emoto | Tamotsu Takasaki |
Fujio Tokita | Jiro Nakajima |
Shô Aikawa | Yuji Nozawa |
Ken Kobayashi | Masaki Saito |
Sabu Kawahara | Seitaro Misato |
Etsuko Ichihara | Fumie Hattori |
Chiho Terada | Emiko Yamashita |
Shinshô Nakamaru | |
Sei Hiraizumi | |
Seiji Kurasaki | |
Toshirô Ishidô | |
Sanshô Shinsui | Doctor |
Kôichi Ueda | Keiji - A detective |
Ken Mitsuishi | Detective |
Hiroyuki Konishi | Medical Examiner |
Shoichi Ozawa | Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor |
Masayuki Akinaga |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kazuyoshi Okuyama | Executive Producer |
Hisashi Iino | Producer |
Yasushi Matsuda | Producer |
Yoshihisa Nakagawa | Producer |
Yukio Nihira | Producer |