The Eel (Limited Edition)

After serving time in prison for murdering his unfaithful wife, Yamashita (Koji Yakusho, Perfect Days, Cure) is released on parole, accompanied only by his pet eel. Hoping to stay out of trouble, he takes over a rural barber shop that quickly becomes a gathering point for the eccentric locals. However, the discovery of a woman’s failed suicide starts a chain reaction that brings back past demons - and not just his own. The Eel won master filmmaker Shohei Imamura his second Palme d’Or, after 1983’s The Ballad of Narayama and was the breakthrough of its star Yakusho.

Special Features

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURESHigh-Definition digital transferUncompressed mono PCM audioInterview with critic Tony Rayns (2024)Interview with screenwriter Daisuke Tengan (2024)Visual essay by Tom Mes on the year 1997 as a turning point in Japanese cinema (2024)TrailerNewly improved English subtitle translationReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time TomorrowLimited edition booklet featuring a newly translated archival interview with ImamuraLimited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Actors: Koji Yakusho, Sho Aikawa, Misa Shimizu

Audio Languages: Japanese

Duration: 117 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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