Eijanaika
1981 · 151 min
Drama
★ 6.2Criterion
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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.
Crew
- Director Shōhei Imamura
- Screenplay Ken Miyamoto
- Screenplay Shōhei Imamura
- Director of Photography Shinsaku Himeda
Cast
Crew
- Director — Shōhei Imamura
- Screenplay — Ken Miyamoto
- Screenplay — Shōhei Imamura
- Director of Photography — Shinsaku Himeda
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