
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.



Tokihiko Okada
Shuji

Emiko Yagumo
Mayumi

Mitsuko Ichimura
Michiko

Togo Yamamoto
Detective Kagawa

Tatsuo Saitō
Dr. Suda

Chishū Ryū
Policeman
That Night's Wife is a drama, crime film released in 1930. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, it stars Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yagumo, Mitsuko Ichimura. In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.
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