The Eel poster

Movie · 1997

The Eel

Released 12 May 1997 More from 1997 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Etsuko Ichihara
as Fumie Hattori
61
Koichi Ueda
as Detective Keiji
56
Sabu Kawahara
as Seitaro Misato
51
Mitsuko Baisho
as Misako Nakajima
50
Akira Emoto
as Tamotsu Takasaki
48
Koji Yakusho
as Takuro Yamashita
41
Tomorowo Taguchi
as Eiji Dojima
39
Show Aikawa
as Yuji Nozawa
35
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
26years between the oldest and youngest billed
61Etsuko Ichihara — oldest on the call sheet
35Show Aikawa — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast
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