The Eel (1997)
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ThumbScore
👍 74%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 81%
(RT: 81%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Misa Shimizu as Keiko Hattori
Fujio Tokita as Jiro Nakajima
Show Aikawa as Yuji Nozawa
Ken Kobayashi as Masaki Saito
Sabu Kawahara as Seitaro Misato
Is The Eel good?
Most people think so. 74% audience score, estimated from 135 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 81%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
