MovieReleasedDrama
Why Not?
Rating6.1/10
Release1981
Runtime2h 31m
Votes17
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.
Original Language
ja
Release Date
January 8, 1981
Popularity
1
Production Companies
IM
Imamura Productions
Shochiku
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