The Eel (1997)
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Drama, Crime • 1h 57m
Overview
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.
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Mitsuko Baisho, Show Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi, Sabu Kawahara, Etsuko Ichihara, Tomorowo Taguchi, Chiho Terada, Sanshō Shinsui, Koichi Ueda, Ken Mitsuishi, Hiroyuki Konishi, Shoichi Ozawa, Makoto Satō, Shinsho Nakamaru, Sei Hiraizumi, Seiji Kurasaki, Toshirō Ishidō, Masayuki Akinaga, Masahiro Noguchi, Takashi Odajima, Kentarô Sakai, Kazuya Sasaki, Kazuyuki Senba, Rumi Shiina, Miho Shimizu, Zeeko Uchiyama
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot from Columbia Classics 4K Blu-ray
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot from Columbia Classics 4K Blu-ray
Director: Quentin Tarantino
2025 Taiwan Deltamac 4K Blu-ray
2025 Taiwan Deltamac 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (Taiwan 4K Blu-ray is not low passed as the US 4K Blu-ray and has better grain and fine detail retention)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
2025 Taiwan Deltamac 4K Blu-ray
2025 Taiwan Deltamac 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (Taiwan 4K Blu-ray is not low passed as the US 4K Blu-ray and has better grain and fine detail retention)
Director: Carol Reed
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray/Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray (shared encode); slight improvement over the 2015 StudioCanal Blu-ray
StudioCanal/LG UHDs port the 1999 Criterion DVD, considered the best source
StudioCanal has a remastered Blu-ray, Lionsgate only a 4K Blu-ray
Director: Carol Reed
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray/Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray (shared encode); slight improvement over the 2015 StudioCanal Blu-ray
StudioCanal/LG UHDs port the 1999 Criterion DVD, considered the best source
StudioCanal has a remastered Blu-ray, Lionsgate only a 4K Blu-ray
Director: Luis Buñuel
Radiance's audio is ported from the Criterion DVD, see Blah-ray
Director: Luis Buñuel
Radiance's audio is ported from the Criterion DVD, see Blah-ray
Hong Kong has new 4k resto
HK has new 4k resto Arrow boxset says 2k resto not sure if they are the same
Hong Kong has new 4k resto
HK has new 4k resto Arrow boxset says 2k resto not sure if they are the same
Director: Dino Risi
Director: Dino Risi
Director: Eiichi Kudō
Director: Eiichi Kudō
Director: Brian De Palma
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Arrow
Director: Brian De Palma
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Arrow
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review
Director: Ivan Passer
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps
Radiance 4K Blu-ray has padded 16-bit. See audio comparison https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57
Director: Ivan Passer
Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps
Radiance 4K Blu-ray has padded 16-bit. See audio comparison https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57
Director: Luchino Visconti
Director: Luchino Visconti
Director: Luis Buñuel
Director: Luis Buñuel
Director: Francesco Rosi
Director: Francesco Rosi
Edit History
12/25/2025
Best Audio Release
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Radiance Blu-ray is the same as R2J DVD https://slow.pics/c/Cg7bPY18
9/20/2025
