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The Eel(Movie, 1997)

Original title: "うなぎ" (Japanese/JA)
1h 57min | Genre: Drama
The EelRating: 3.4/5 (with 3939 votes)
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. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Eel

Palme d'Or Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film

About The Eel

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he "befriended" in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn't let her become close to him.

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 12 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/12/1997
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Unagi"

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