It is said that Sergio's "Once Upon a Time in the West" has the longest movie title in history, and Imamura's "Eel" title is as long as "Once Upon a Time in the West". Yamashita receives a letter revealing that his wife is having an affair. Yamashita returned home quietly, changed his clothes and went out to fish. He told his wife to come back at the same time as usual the next day. In fact, Yamashita returned home that night. Seeing his wife cheating with someone else, Yamashita killed his wife in a fit of anger.
The blood-stained Yamashita came to the police station on a bicycle and hummed a ditty to turn himself in. Eight years later, Yamashita was paroled. Before leaving, the police officer warned him not to cause trouble during the two-year parole period. Yamashita raised an eel in the prison pond and talked to it every day. After parole, the eel was brought back. At this point, after the title was broadcast, Imamura Changhei explained it in ten minutes.
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