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
- Shigeru Izumiya as Genji
- Kaori Momoi as Ine
- Masao Kusakari as Itoman
- Ken Ogata as Furukawa
- Norihei Miki as Masuya
- Junzaburō Ban as Toramatsu
- Mitsuko Baisho as Oko
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Kinzo
- Ако as Oyoshi
- Shōhei Hino as Magoshichi
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