Eijanaika
1981•2h 31m•6.2•Released
Drama
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Writer
Shōhei Imamura, Ken Miyamoto
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Imamura Productions
Cast
Kaori Momoi
Ine
Shigeru Izumiya
Genji
Masao Kusakari
Itoman
Ken Ogata
Furukawa
Junzaburō Ban
Toramatsu
Norihei Miki
Masuya
Yuko Tanaka
Omatsu
Shino Ikenami
Yoshino
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Kinzo
Shoichi Ozawa
Sakunojo
Yasuaki Kurata
Hanjiro
Shōhei Hino
Magoshichi
河野洋平
Ichinoshin Hara
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Roku
Mitsuko Baisho
Oko
Production
Company
Imamura Productions
Company
Shochiku
Producer
Shōhei Imamura
Producer
Shoichi Ozawa
Producer
Shigemi Sugisaki
Producer
Jirô Tomoda
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