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Catalog/Comedy/The Eel
The Eel poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 81.5 / 100
1997·Comedy / Drama / Crime·1h 57m

THE EEL

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.

Above the Line
Shôhei Imamura·DirectorDaisuke Tengan·WriterShōhei Imamura·WriterShigeru Komatsubara·Director of PhotographyShinichiro Ikebe·Original Music ComposerHajime Okayasu·Editor
Cast
Koji Yakusho·Takuro YamashitaMisa Shimizu·Keiko HattoriAkira Emoto·Tamotsu TakasakiFujio Tokita·Jiro NakajimaMitsuko Baisho·Misako NakajimaShow Aikawa·Yuji NozawaKen Kobayashi·Masaki SaitoSabu Kawahara·Seitaro MisatoEtsuko Ichihara·Fumie HattoriTomorowo Taguchi·Eiji Dojima
Full Crew
(7 credits)
Directing· 1
Shōhei Imamura·Director
Writing· 3
Daisuke Tengan·WriterShōhei Imamura·WriterMotofumi Tomikawa·Writer
Camera· 1
Shigeru Komatsubara·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Hajime Okayasu·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Shinichiro Ikebe·Original Music Composer
By the Numbers
81.5
OF 100
Master Score
7.3
OF 10
IMDb
81%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The Eel's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#00AAFF
#000000
#FFFFFF
Mood
Playful, Quirky
Composition
Split
Era
1990s
Visual Style
Graphic Design

“The image is a bright blue background with a stylized black eel or snake figure coiled in the shape of an 'M' or 'B' on the right side. The eel has two small wh”

Key Elements
Stylized Eel SnakeText 'gorillaz'Text 'in'Text 'the Eel'Text 'gorilla Bitez # 000477'
Atmosphere
Vibrant
Color Mood
Cool
Setting
Abstract
Design Score
7/10
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