Why Not?

Why Not?

1981
2h 31m
6.1

6.1/10

17 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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.

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Imamura Productions Shochiku
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

edo period shogunate meiji period bakumatsu

Quick Facts

Original Title ええじゃないか
Release Date January 8, 1981
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0082313

Cast

Shigeru Izumiya
Shigeru Izumiya

Genji

Kaori Momoi
Kaori Momoi

Ine

Masao Kusakari
Masao Kusakari

Itoman

Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata

Furukawa

Norihei Miki
Norihei Miki

Masuya

Junzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban

Toramatsu

Mitsuko Baisho
Mitsuko Baisho

Oko

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Kinzo

Ако
Ако

Oyoshi

Shōhei Hino
Shōhei Hino

Magoshichi

Shino Ikenami
Shino Ikenami

Yoshino

Etsuko Ikuta
Etsuko Ikuta

Nui

Key Crew

Shōhei Imamura
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Producer
Shoichi Ozawa
Producer
Shigemi Sugisaki
Producer
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay
Ken Miyamoto
Screenplay