Why Not (1981) // Bande-annonce (VO)
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Description
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.
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Release Date1981
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Runtime2 hr 31 min
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Languageja
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Rating6.1 (17)
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Genres
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DirectorShōhei Imamura
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Cast泉谷しげる桃井かおり草刈正雄緒形拳三木のり平伴淳三郎倍賞美津子露口茂亜湖火野正平池波志乃生田悦子犬塚弘河原崎長一郎北村和夫小林稔侍倉田保昭小沢昭一深水三章白川和子田中裕子丹古母鬼馬二寺田農殿山泰司
