Why Not?
Not Rated
Drama
Starring: Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari, Ken Ogata, Norihei Miki
Writer: Shōhei Imamura, Ken Miyamoto
Release Date:
January 8, 1981
January 8, 1981
Ratings:
6.1 / 10
6.1 / 10
Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Shōhei Imamura
Companies:
Imamura Productions
Imamura Productions
Overview
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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