Why Not?

Why Not? (1981)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1981-01-08
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 15 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 31min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Imamura Productions
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura
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Summary

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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  • Shigeru Izumiya

    as Genji

  • Kaori Momoi

    as Ine

  • Masao Kusakari

    as Itoman

  • Ken Ogata

    as Furukawa

  • Norihei Miki

    as Masuya

  • Junzaburō Ban

    as Toramatsu

  • Mitsuko Baisho

    as Oko

  • Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

    as Kinzo

  • Ako

    as Oyoshi

  • Shōhei Hino

    as Magoshichi

  • Shino Ikenami

    as Yoshino

  • Etsuko Ikuta

    as Nui

  • Hiroshi Inuzuka

    as Roku

  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    as Nakazawa

  • Kazuo Kitamura

    as Koide

  • Nenji Kobayashi

    as Matakichi

  • Yasuaki Kurata

    as Hanjiro

  • Shoichi Ozawa

    as Sakunojo

  • Sanshō Shinsui

    as Densuke

  • Kazuko Shirakawa

    as Yamikumo-dayu

  • Yuko Tanaka

    as Omatsu

  • Kibaji Tankobo

    as Gon

  • Minori Terada

    as Ijuin

  • Taiji Tonoyama

    as Jyosyuya
Directing Shōhei Imamura Director
Camera Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography
Sound Shinichirô Ikebe Original Music Composer
Production Shōhei Imamura Producer
Production Shoichi Ozawa Producer
Production Jirô Tomoda Producer
Editing Keiichi Uraoka Editor
Production Nobutsugu Tsubomi Production Manager
Production Shigemi Sugisaki Producer
Lighting Yasuo Iwaki Lighting Technician
Art Akiyoshi Satani Art Direction
Sound Shotaro Yoshida Sound Recordist
Writing Ken Miyamoto Screenplay
Writing Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
Directing Hideo Nanbu Assistant Director

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