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Original title: うなぎ
Director: Shohei Imamura
Cast: Kōji Yakusho Shō Aikawa Tomorowo Taguchi Akira Emoto Misa Shimizu Teresa Saponangelo
Genre: Drama
Premiere: May 12, 1997
Running time: 110 min
Country: Japan

The Eel (Japanese: うなぎ, Hepburn: Unagi) 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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The Eel is a movie (1997) from Japan. Genre: drama. Directed by Shohei Imamura. Starring Kōji Yakusho, Shō Aikawa, Tomorowo Taguchi, Akira Emoto and Misa Shimizu. Running time: 110 min. Rating: 8.1/10.

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