JAPAN · 1997
The Eel
Japanese New Wave
redemption after violence
isolation and alienation
prison and rehabilitation
infidelity and betrayal
human connection through animals
Synopsis
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.
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