
The Eel(1997)
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.



Yōko Minamida

Hisako Yamane

Shirō Ōsaka

Nobuo Kaneko

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Asao Sano

Tadao Sawamoto

Kyoko Hori
Kaoru Kusuda
The Awakening is a crime, drama film released in 1957. Directed by Yutaka Abe, it stars Yōko Minamida, Hisako Yamane, Shirō Ōsaka. A unique literary work that describes the end of a married woman who rebelled against her husband's adultery and became addicted to her own sexuality.
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