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Title: a mesmerizing cinematic display
Review: The Eel begins as a violent tale of sexual jealousy, then unfolds as a character study, and eventually a comedy. Koji Yakusho plays Takuro, a tranquil man who finds his wife in bed with another man. In a violent outrage, Takuro stabs his wife repeatedly, and then turns himself in to the police. Eight years pass during the credits, starting the movie with Takuro's parole from prison, and origins of his pet eel. Takuro retires to a village, where he encounters a woman whom resmbles his resemles wife. He eventually saves her from a suicide attempt; and from then on his character parrallels the characteristics of his eel. An excellent foreign movie, brimming with originality. also reccommended: Shall we dance?
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