The Eel (film)
| Unagi | |
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| Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
| Written by | Shohei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura |
| Produced by | Hiso Ino |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Shigeru Komatsubara |
| Edited by | Hajime Okayasu |
| Music by | Shin’ichirō Ikebe |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $5.2 million |
The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi) is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Shohei 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.