The Eel 1997 123movies

Watch: うなぎ 1997 123movies, Full Movie Online – A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison..
Plot: White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he’s away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he “befriended” in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn’t let her become close to him.
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Ratings:

	N/A Votes: 6,046
	81% | RottenTomatoes
	81/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 75 Popularity: 6.924 | TMDB

Reviews:

excellent but could have easily been better
This was a very engaging film about a guy who murders his cheating wife and then is released from prison 8 years later. You really find yourself rooting for him–especially when he meets and saves the life of a lady. You really want them to get together,…the problem is, he is SO afraid to open up to people that he distances himself from her and chooses to confide more in his pet eel. It seems that if he does connect to someone on a deeper level, he’s afraid he might kill again–though he is clearly a decent person who snapped one time in his life and only after being pushed. It’s a great character study and the acting and direction are marvelous–with a few lapses here and there. What didn’t I like? Well, it isn’t so much the acting that’s the problem, but the script. Repeatedly, flashbacks and psychotic-like hallucinations occur. They tend to muddle the basic message and confuse the plot. Without these and without the LARGE amounts of blood in the murder scene, this would have gotten a rating of 9 or even 10.

Marvelous award-winning drama
Within the first 15 minutes we see the protagonist commit the grave act, go to prison, and be paroled, and the meaning of the title is revealed. ‘The eel’ wastes no time on exposition, moving quickly into the meat of the plot. It’s at once, quiet, peculiar, and captivating.

Every character has very unique personalities, not least of all protagonist Takuro Yamashita (Koji Yakusho) and chief supporting character Keiko Hattori (Misa Shimizu). But so it goes for almost everyone: somewhat lacking in social skills and graces, yet finding a measure of kinship in their idiosyncrasies as they struggle with their individual circumstances. There’s a decidedly playful bent to the film, almost to the point of being mildly fantastical.

At all points ‘The eel’ is weirdly entrancing, The cast is excellent, capably realizing their distinct characters in all their eccentricities. Filming locations and set design is swell, rounded out with fine decoration. Anchored by a great cast and offbeat characters, the narrative is slightly quirky, not unlike more familiar sardonic comedy-dramas – though this is notably darker all the while, as there’s a murkiness hiding behind the oddities. The film-makers manage to balance the picture’s varied elements with greater dexterity than we generally anticipate from features of this nature.

Despite myself, it’s difficult to discuss further without betraying plot points. Suffice to say this is a delightful, strangely endearing movie that exceeds any imagined limits of genre, language, or timeliness. I stumbled onto ‘The eel’ by chance, and walk away quite pleased: This is well worth seeking out to watch.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 1 hr 57 min (117 min), 2 hr 14 min (134 min) (director’s cut)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Shôhei Imamura
Writer Shôhei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa
Actors Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô
Country N/A
Awards 16 wins & 15 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.96 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory Imagica Corporation, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Film Length 3,200 m (Sweden, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (horizontal) (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process VistaVision
Printed Film Format 35 mm