Why Not?

Name: Why Not?
Genre: Drama
Released: 1981-01-08
Duration: 2 h 31 min
Rating: 7.00
Cast: Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata

– The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ee ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan ..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.00 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 31 Minutes

Release Year:

1981

Original Name:

ええじゃないか

The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ee 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 Kokyo, 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.

Styles:

Bilingual, Cynical, Dark Humor, Witty, Clever, Realistic, Serious

Story Timeline:

19th Century

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan, Asia

Genre:

Drama

Release Date:

08 Jan 1981

Language:

Japanese, English

Directed by:

Shôhei Imamura

Story Written By:

Ken Miyamoto, Shôhei Imamura

Main Actors:

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata

Plot:

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura.

Awards:

6 wins & 7 nominations.

Production Company:

Beverly Pictures

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.0/10

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#Double Suicide

#Japanese American

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