Why Not?

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.

Genre: Drama

Stars: Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari, Ken Ogata, Norihei Miki, Junzaburō Ban

Crew: Shōhei Imamura (Director), Shōhei Imamura (Producer), Shigemi Sugisaki (Producer), Shoichi Ozawa (Producer), Jirô Tomoda (Producer), Nobutsugu Tsubomi (Production Manager)

Country: Japan

Language: 日本語

Studio: Imamura Productions, Shochiku

Runtime: 151 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Jan 08, 1981

IMDb: 4.6

Keywords:edo period, shogunate, meiji period, end of the samurai class, bakumatsu

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