The Eel (film)

The Eel (film)

Infobox Film
name =Unagi


imdb_id =0120408
writer =Shohei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura]
]
starring =Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu
director =Shohei Imamura
producer =Hiso Ino
music =Shinichirô Ikebe
cinematography =Shigeru Komatsubara
distributor =
editor =Hajime Okayasu
released = flagicon|France 12 May, 1997 (premiere at Cannes)
flagicon|Japan 24 May, 1997
flagicon|USA 21 August, 1998
flagicon|UK 20 November, 1998
runtime =117 min.
language = Japanese
country = Japan
budget =

"The Eel" (Japanese: うなぎ, "Unagi") is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura starring Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho and Akira Emoto. It won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.

ynopsis

Acting on the advice of an anonymous note, Takuro Yamashita (Yakusho) returns home early one night to find his wife in bed with another man. He kills her then turns himself in to the police. After being released from prison, he opens a barber shop. He helps save Keiko (Shimizu) from a suicide attempt, after which she works at his shop. It becomes clear that Keiko has romantic affections for Takuro, but his reciprocation is redirected towards his pet eel.

External links

*imdb title|id=0120408|title=The Eel
* [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1997/du001570.htm at the JMDb] (in Japanese)

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title=Palme d'Or
years=1997
tied with "Taste of Cherry"
before="Secrets & Lies"
after="Eternity and a Day"


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