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White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he "befriended" in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn't let her become close to him. Read More

Watch The Eel online. Featuring Koji Yakusho and Misa Shimizu, The Eel is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.8. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Japan and was released on 1997. The Eel was directed by Shōhei Imamura. Read Less