
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.


A drama depicting the heroine who loved another yakuza man while being the wife of the group leader, in the battle of the internal conflict of the yakuza organization.

Hitomi Takahashi

Kosuke Toyohara

Shun Sugata

Tomorowo Taguchi
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters is a drama, crime film released in 1993. Directed by Itsumichi Isomura, it stars Hitomi Takahashi, Kosuke Toyohara, Shun Sugata. A drama depicting the heroine who loved another yakuza man while being the wife of the group leader, in the battle of the internal conflict of the yakuza organization.
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