Fresh
Unpredictable and captivating.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Overview
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
Director and cast
- Shōhei Imamura Director
- Koji Yakusho as Takuro Yamashita
- Misa Shimizu as Keiko Hattori
- Akira Emoto as Tamotsu Takasaki
- Fujio Tokita as Jiro Nakajima
- Mitsuko Baisho as Misako Nakajima
- Show Aikawa as Yuji Nozawa
- Ken Kobayashi as Masaki Saito
- Sabu Kawahara as Seitaro Misato
- Etsuko Ichihara as Fumie Hattori
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Eiji Dojima
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Rotten
I was once again stuck watching a movie that's solely about repressed passion, perhaps the least cinematic thing you could ever try to film.
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
Fresh
It sounds nuts, but one of the best movies in town is about the relationship of a man with his eel.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Yakusho and Ms. Shimizu deliver unerring performances in a splendid film that harvests hope from a bleak landscape.
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
Fresh
This simple, sinuous fable may not be among Imamura's greatest films ... but it could hardly have been made by anyone else.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
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