The Eel
strong bloody violence, sex
Director(s)Shohei Imamura
Production year1997
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes134m
CastKôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Shô Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi, Sabu Kawahara, Etsuko Ichihara, Tomorô Taguchi, Shôhei Imamura, Shôhei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hisashi Iino, Yukio Nihira, Shinichirô Ikebe, Shigeru Komatsubara, Hajime Okayasu, Hisao Inagaki
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 r ...
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.
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.
Classified Date:
19/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Classified date27/27/2025
LanguageJapanese
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 year1997
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes134m
CastKôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Shô Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi, Sabu Kawahara, Etsuko Ichihara, Tomorô Taguchi, Shôhei Imamura, Shôhei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hisashi Iino, Yukio Nihira, Shinichirô Ikebe, Shigeru Komatsubara, Hajime Okayasu, Hisao Inagaki
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.
Classified Date:
19/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Classified date27/27/2025
LanguageJapanese
