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.
Cast
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
Shinsho Nakamaru
Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend
Sei Hiraizumi
Prison Officer
Seiji Kurasaki
Unknown
Toshirō Ishidō
Unknown
Masayuki Akinaga
Unknown
Masahiro Noguchi
Unknown
Takashi Odajima
Unknown
Kentarô Sakai
Unknown
Kazuya Sasaki
Unknown
Kazuyuki Senba
Unknown
Rumi Shiina
Unknown
Miho Shimizu
Unknown
Zeeko Uchiyama
Unknown
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Writer
Daisuke Tengan
Writer
Motofumi Tomikawa
Writer
Akira Yoshimura
Novel
Hajime Okayasu
Editor
Shigeru Komatsubara
Director of Photography
Hisao Inagaki
Production Design
Kazuo Matsuda
Costume Supervisor
Shigeko Ikawa
Makeup Artist
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Yoshio Yamada
Set Decoration
Toshiharu Aida
Set Decoration
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