Rent The Eel (1997)
3.5 of 5 from 87 ratings
1h 57min
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- Synopsis:
- With 'The Eel', the late Shohei Imamura became the only Japanese filmmaker to have twice won the Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or. After an eight-year prison sentence for murder, Tajuro chooses to start a new life as a barber in a small town, which offers perfect isolation from his fears. As a favour to the town priest he agrees to help a young woman with a troubled past by offering her job as his assistant. However, when he least expects it, her past will collide with his.
- Actors:
- Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Kôji Yakusho, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita
- Directors:
- Shôhei Imamura
- Producers:
- Hisa Lino
- Writers:
- Shôhei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan
- Aka:
- Unaqi
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Top 10 Cannes Palme d'Or Winners
- Countries:
- Japan
- Awards:
