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 / 2010
Movie / 1980
Movie / 1985
Movie / 1985
Movie / 2004
Movie / 2013
Movie / 2008
Movie / 1992
Movie / 2007
Movie / 2022
Movie / 1995
Movie / 2002
Movie / 2006
Movie / 1991
Movie / 2008
Movie / 1962
Movie / 2006
Movie / 2010
Movie / 1950