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The Eel (Japanese: うなぎ, Unagi) is a 1997 film loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura. Directed by Shohei Imamura and starring Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho and Akira Emoto, it won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.
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Acting on the advice of an anonymous note, Takuro Yamashita (Yakusho) returns home early one night to find his wife in bed with another man. He kills her then turns himself in to the police. After being released from prison, he opens a barber shop. He helps save Keiko (Shimizu) from a suicide attempt, after which she works at his shop. It becomes clear that Keiko has romantic affections for Takuro, but his reciprocation is redirected towards his pet eel.
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12 May 1997 (premiere at Cannes)
24 May 1997
21 August 1998
20 November 1998
