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The Eel

Summary: A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.

Release Date: August 21, 1998

Genre: Drama

Director: Shôhei Imamura

Writers: Shôhei Imamura

, Daisuke Tengan

, Motofumi Tomikawa

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Eisei Gekijo, Groove Corporation, Imamura Productions, Satellite Cinema, Shochiku

Distributor: New Yorker Films

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 418,480

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1980s 1990s adultery alien aquarium attempted rape barber barber shop based on novel bathtub bicycle blood boat breasts bridge camera confession dead body death death of mother doctor drink drinking drunkenness eel erotica existential loneliness extramarital affair fear fight fireworks fish in title fishing flamenco flashback flood gate flowers food forgiveness frog garbageman ghost guilt gynecology hairdresser hallucination hand injury hospital husband murders wife husband wife relationship illusion infidelity jealousy lawyer letter love male female relationship marriage memory mental illness mother daughter relationship murder night fishing nightmare parole parole officer police police station policeman pregnancy prison prologue rage rain razor redemption remorse rumor sex sleeping pills spear stabbed to death stabbing subway suicide attempt temple timeframe 1980s timeframe 1990s train underwater scene unfaithfulness unidentified flying object village vomiting

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