White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he�s away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he �befriended� in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn�t let her become close to him.

Starring:

K�ji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baish�

Genre:

Drama