The Eel

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.

Koji Yakusho

Takuro Yamashita

Misa Shimizu

Keiko Hattori

Akira Emoto

Tamotsu Takasaki

Fujio Tokita

Jiro Nakajima

Show Aikawa

Yuji Nozawa

Ken Kobayashi

Masaki Saito

Sabu Kawahara

Seitaro Misato

Etsuko Ichihara

Fumie Hattori

Tomorowo Taguchi

Eiji Dojima

Chiho Terada

Emiko Yamashita

Sanshô Shinsui

Doctor

Koichi Ueda

Detective Keiji

Ken Mitsuishi

Detective

Hiroyuki Konishi

Medical Examiner

Shoichi Ozawa

Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

Makoto Satō

Jukichi Takada

Fumio Tokita

Nakajima

Shinsho Nakamaru

Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend