"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."
Koji Yakusho
as Takuro Yamashita
Misa Shimizu
as Keiko Hattori
Akira Emoto
as Tamotsu Takasaki
Fujio Tokita
as Jiro Nakajima
Mitsuko Baisho
as Misako Nakajima
Show Aikawa
as Yuji Nozawa
Ken Kobayashi
as Masaki Saito
Sabu Kawahara
as Seitaro Misato
Etsuko Ichihara
as Fumie Hattori
Tomorowo Taguchi
as Eiji Dojima
Chiho Terada
as Emiko Yamashita
Sanshō Shinsui
as Doctor
Koichi Ueda
as Detective Keiji
Ken Mitsuishi
as Detective
Hiroyuki Konishi
as Medical Examiner
Shoichi Ozawa
as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Makoto Satō
as Jukichi Takada
Shinsho Nakamaru
as Emiko Yamashita's Boyfriend
Sei Hiraizumi
as Prison Officer
Seiji Kurasaki
as
Toshirō Ishidō
Masayuki Akinaga
Masahiro Noguchi
Takashi Odajima
Kentarô Sakai
Kazuya Sasaki
Kazuyuki Senba
Rumi Shiina
Miho Shimizu
Zeeko Uchiyama
Shōhei Imamura
Director
Akira Yoshimura
Novel
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Hajime Okayasu
Editor
Hisao Inagaki
Production Design
Yoshio Yamada
Set Decoration
Toshiharu Aida
Shigeko Ikawa
Makeup Artist
Kazuo Matsuda
Costume Supervisor
Shigeru Komatsubara
Director of Photography
Hisashi Iino
Producer
Koji Matsuda
Line Producer
Screenplay
Motofumi Tomikawa
Daisuke Tengan
Yasuo Iwaki
Gaffer
Kenichi Benitani
Sound Recordist
Hideko Nakata
Script Supervisor
Kazutoshi Sasada
Still Photographer
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects
Masaya Kitada