i try to spoil my girlfriend and who study japanese culture and with a film and it work . unagi ( the eal ) tell a story of man who commit a crime passionelle by murder his wife . when he leave prison the guard bring him his eal . under supervision of a local priest he try to live a peaceful peasant life in a place where nobody know about his past while he become a barber and the eal be his friend ( they never say thing you do not like . ) . the situation change when and on instigation of the priest and a girl start assist him in his shop . inevitable his dilemma come back . i love this film for it remind me much of the film of the dutch director or producer alex van warmerdam while the ordinary and tightly direct up to every detail and the sufficating dilemma lightly weave thru . modern drama at it best .