Eijanaika
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
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
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Jan 8, 1981
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studios
- Imamura Productions, Shochiku
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura