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 (Kôji Yakusho) 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, Shô Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi, Sabu Kawahara, Etsuko Ichihara, Tomorô Taguchi, Chiho Terada, Shinshô Nakamaru, Sei Hiraizumi, Seiji Kurasaki, Toshirô Ishidô, Kôichi Ueda, Sanshô Shinsui, Ken Mitsuishi, Hiroyuki Konishi, Shôichi Ozawa
- Directors:
- Shôhei Imamura
- Producers:
- Hisashi Iino, Yukio Nihira
- Writers:
- Shôhei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura
- Aka:
- Unaqi
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- Top 10 Cannes Palme d'Or Winners, Top Films
- Countries:
- Japan
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 117 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with critic Tony Rayns (2024)
- Interview with screenwriter Daisuke Tengan (2024)
- Visual essay by Tom Mes on the year 1997 as a turning point in Japanese cinema (2024)
- Trailer
