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Synopsis
The Eel is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura and starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film The Pornographers. It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with Taste of Cherry. It also won the 1998 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.
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Credits
- Director
- Shohei Imamura
- Screenplay
- Shohei Imamura, Akira Yoshimura, Daisuke Tengan
- Director of Photography
- Shigeru Komatsubara
- Original Music Composer
- Shinichiro Ikebe
- Editor
- Hajime Okayasu
- Country
- Japan
- Studios
- Shochiku
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