Eijanaika
6.8
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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Kaori Momoi
Ine
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Shigeru Izumiya
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Ken Ogata
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Yuko Tanaka
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Shōhei Imamura Director · Ken Miyamoto Screenplay Shinichiro Ikebe Composer
United States release January 8, 1981 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku
Production
Imamura Productions
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
ええじゃないか
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
United States · January 8, 1981
Theatrical
Japan · March 14, 1981
Theatrical
Czechia
January 23, 2013 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Russia
October 7, 2010 · Theatrical · Ретроспектива фильмов Сёхэя Имамуры в Москве
XG
November 12, 1982 · Theatrical
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