Basic Info
Release: January 08, 1981
Runtime: 151 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.1/10 (17 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
Why Not (1981) // Bande-annonce (VO) (YouTube)
Why Not?
1981
151 min
⭐ 6.1/10
17 votes
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.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Cast
Shigeru Izumiya
Genji
Kaori Momoi
Ine
Masao Kusakari
Itoman
Ken Ogata
Furukawa
Norihei Miki
Masuya
Junzaburō Ban
Toramatsu
Mitsuko Baisho
Oko
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Kinzo
Ако
Oyoshi
Shōhei Hino
Magoshichi
Shino Ikenami
Yoshino
Etsuko Ikuta
Nui
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Producer
Shoichi Ozawa
Producer
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Shigemi Sugisaki
Producer
Ken Miyamoto
Screenplay
Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay
Backdrops
Posters
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