The read
Scores higher than 85% of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic81/100
135 audience votes
Key crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Motofumi TomikawaScreenplay
- Daisuke TenganScreenplay
Cast
- Koji YakushoTakuro Yamashita
- Misa ShimizuKeiko Hattori
- Akira EmotoTamotsu Takasaki
- Fujio TokitaJiro Nakajima
- Mitsuko BaishoMisako Nakajima
- Show AikawaYuji Nozawa
- Ken KobayashiMasaki Saito
- Sabu KawaharaSeitaro Misato
- Etsuko IchiharaFumie Hattori
- Tomorowo TaguchiEiji Dojima
- Chiho TeradaEmiko Yamashita
- Sanshō ShinsuiDoctor
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Themes
eel