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Why Not?

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.

RATING

6.40

DIRECTOR

Shōhei Imamura

COUNTRIE

Japan

RELEASE DATE

1981

TIME

2h 31m

GENRE

Drama

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泉谷しげる‌

泉谷しげる

Genji

桃井かおり‌

桃井かおり

Ine

草刈正雄‌

草刈正雄

Itoman

緒形拳‌

緒形拳

Furukawa

三木のり平‌

三木のり平

Masuya

伴淳三郎‌

伴淳三郎

Toramatsu

倍賞美津子‌

倍賞美津子

Oko

露口茂‌

露口茂

Kinzo

亜湖‌

亜湖

Oyoshi

火野正平‌

火野正平

Magoshichi

池波志乃‌

池波志乃

Yoshino

生田悦子‌

生田悦子

Nui

犬塚弘‌

犬塚弘

Roku

河原崎長一郎‌

河原崎長一郎

Nakazawa

北村和夫‌

北村和夫

Koide

小林稔侍‌

小林稔侍

Matakichi

Yasuaki Kurata‌

Yasuaki Kurata

Hanjiro

小沢昭一‌

小沢昭一

Sakunojo

深水三章‌

深水三章

Densuke

白川和子‌

白川和子

Yamikumo-dayu

田中裕子‌

田中裕子

Omatsu

丹古母鬼馬二‌

丹古母鬼馬二

Gon

寺田農‌

寺田農

Ijuin

殿山泰司‌

殿山泰司

Jyosyuya

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