• Director(s)

    Shohei Imamura

  • Production Year

    1997

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    134m

  • Cast

    Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô

Film

The Eel

strong bloody violence, sex

THE EEL is a Japanese drama from 1997 in which a man who was convicted of murdering his wife seeks a new life upon his release from prison. …

THE EEL is a Japanese drama from 1997 in which a man who was convicted of murdering his wife seeks a new life upon his release from prison.

violence
A man repeatedly stabs his wife and her lover in a sustained scene of violence that features an emphasis on bloody detail.
sex
Scenes of sex include breast and buttock nudity, thrusting and sexual moaning.
additional issues
A man attempts to rape a woman, but she is able to escape. There is also a scene in which the same man lifts the woman's skirt to look at her underwear. The film features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bitch', 'slut', 'bloody', 'ass', 'bastard', 'shit', 'crap' and 'damn'. A woman's suicide attempt includes bloody detail. There are also references to another woman's attempted overdose.

  • Director(s)

    Shohei Imamura

  • Production Year

    1997

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    134m

  • Cast

    Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô

Passed '18' for isolated moments of strong violence and sex
Classified Date:
25/09/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
strong bloody violence, sex
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
A man repeatedly stabs his wife and her lover in a sustained scene of violence that features an emphasis on bloody detail.
sex
Scenes of sex include breast and buttock nudity, thrusting and sexual moaning.
additional issues
A man attempts to rape a woman, but she is able to escape. There is also a scene in which the same man lifts the woman's skirt to look at her underwear. The film features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bitch', 'slut', 'bloody', 'ass', 'bastard', 'shit', 'crap' and 'damn'. A woman's suicide attempt includes bloody detail. There are also references to another woman's attempted overdose.
Classified Date:
19/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

  • Classified date

    27/01/2025

  • Language

    Japanese