'The Eel' shocks, slithers into the surreal

Document author(s):
Bob Graham
Document source:
San Francisco Chronicle
Publication date:
1998 Oct 23
Document language:
English
Document type:
review
Number of pages:
1
Related films:
Film country(ies):
Japan
Film language(s):
Japanese
Film production company:
Eisei Gekijo Co., Ltd., Groove Corporation, KSS, Satellite Cinema, and Shochiku Kabushiki Kaisha
Film genre(s):
Adaptation, Drama, and Feature
Film subject(s):
  • Adultery -- Japan -- Drama
  • Eels -- Drama
  • Human-animal relationships -- Japan -- Drama
  • Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Drama
  • Murderers -- Japan -- Drama
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Japan -- Drama
  • Uxoricide -- Japan -- Drama
  • Yoshimura, Akira, 1927- . Yami ni hirameku -- Film and video adaptations
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review titled 'The Eel' shocks, slithers into the surreal, source: San Francisco Chronicle
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