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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.
Theatrical
Jan 8, 1981
Director
Writers
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Music
Studio
Imamura Productions, Shochiku
Original Title
ええじゃないか
Original Language
Japanese
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Cast
Full credits →S
Shigeru Izumiya
Genji
K
Kaori Momoi
Ine
M
Masao Kusakari
Itoman
K
Ken Ogata
Furukawa
N
Norihei Miki
Masuya
J
Junzaburō Ban
Toramatsu
M
Mitsuko Baisho
Oko
S
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Kinzo
А
Аko
Oyoshi
S
Shōhei Hino
Magoshichi
S
Shino Ikenami
Yoshino
E
Etsuko Ikuta
Nui
H
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Roku
C
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nakazawa
K
Kazuo Kitamura
Koide
N
Nenji Kobayashi
Matakichi
Y
Yasuaki Kurata
Hanjiro
S
Shoichi Ozawa
Sakunojo
S
Sanshō Shinsui
Densuke
K
Kazuko Shirakawa
Yamikumo-dayu
