An absorbing film of jealousy and relationships, showing director Shohei Imamura's vision in all its glorious, messy, sardonic, tender, violent, and chaotic nature.
In director Shohei Imamura's THE EEL, an ordinary businessman kills his cheating wife and then turns himself in to the authorities. Years later he is paroled from prison and tries build a new life for himself, along with his only friend, a pet eel.
Overview:
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.
IIB - "Adult Material; Parental Guidance Recommended" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "R") Films rated Category IIB contain large amounts of violence and/or nudity and sexual situations in addition to possible explicit language and adult situations.
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