The Eel

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.

Drama Crime

Koji Yakusho

(Takuro Yamashita)

Misa Shimizu

(Keiko Hattori)

Akira Emoto

(Tamotsu Takasaki)

Fujio Tokita

(Jiro Nakajima)

Mitsuko Baisho

(Misako 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)

Sanshō 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)

Sei Hiraizumi

(Prison Officer)

Seiji Kurasaki

Toshirō Ishidō

Masayuki Akinaga

Masahiro Noguchi

Takashi Odajima

Kentarô Sakai

Teresa Saponangelo

Kazuya Sasaki

Kazuyuki Senba

Rumi Shiina

Miho Shimizu

Zeeko Uchiyama