The Eel (1997)
- Original title
- うなぎ
- Directed by
- Shohei Imamura
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 130 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man is released from prison after killing his wife. He tries to rebuild his life in a small town, working at a barbershop and caring for an eel in an aquarium. He slowly forms an uneasy connection with a local woman who has her own troubled past.
slow-burnmelancholicmeditativeintrospectivebroodingquietbittersweetatmospheric
What happens
The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi) is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Shōhei 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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