Eijanaika (1981)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1981-01-08
Runtime: 151 minutes
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Top Cast
- Kaori Momoi as Ine
- Shigeru Izumiya as Genji
- Masao Kusakari as Itoman
- Ken Ogata as Furukawa
- Junzaburō Ban as Toramatsu
- Norihei Miki as Masuya
- Yuko Tanaka as Omatsu
- Shino Ikenami as Yoshino
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Kinzo
- Shoichi Ozawa as Sakunojo
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