Original title: Unagi / Unagi
Year: 1997
Country: Japan
Region code: A/B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060974681785
Image: 1.85:1 (1080p)
Audio: Japanese - Uncompressed Mono PCM
Subtitles: English
Rating: -
Genre: Drama
Cast: Koji Yakusho
Director: Shohei Imamura
Synopsis:
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 her 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 his star Yakusho.
Extras:
High-Definition digital transfer
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Interview 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)
Trailer
Newly improved English subtitle translation
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition booklet featuring a newly translated archival interview with Imamura
