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.
Genji
Ine
Itoman
Furukawa
Masuya
Toramatsu
Oko
Kinzo
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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.
Movie / 1974
Movie / 1931
Movie / 2014
Movie / 2007
Movie / 2023
Movie / 2016
Movie / 2021
Movie / 1968
Movie / 1991
Movie / NaN
Movie / 2007
Movie / 1988
Movie / 2006
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2013
Movie / 1958
Movie / 1972