Eijanaika

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Eijanaika (1981)

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

Drama · 2h 31m

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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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

Crew

Director
Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay
Shōhei Imamura, Ken Miyamoto
Director of Photography
Shinsaku Himeda
Original Music Composer
Shinichiro Ikebe
Editor
Keiichi Uraoka
Producer
Shōhei Imamura, Shoichi Ozawa, Shigemi Sugisaki, Jirô Tomoda

Details

Original title
ええじゃないか
Release date
1981-01-08
Runtime
2h 31m
Genres
Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Imamura Productions, Shochiku