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Why Not?( 1981)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Shigeru Izumiya

      Genji

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      Kaori Momoi

      Ine

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      Masao Kusakari

      Itoman

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      Ken Ogata

      Furukawa

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      Norihei Miki

      Masuya

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      Junzaburō Ban

      Toramatsu

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      Mitsuko Baisho

      Oko

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      Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

      Kinzo

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      Ako

      Oyoshi

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      Shōhei Hino

      Magoshichi

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      Shino Ikenami

      Yoshino

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      Etsuko Ikuta

      Nui

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      Hiroshi Inuzuka

      Roku

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      Chōichirō Kawarasaki

      Nakazawa

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      Kazuo Kitamura

      Koide

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      Nenji Kobayashi

      Matakichi

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      Yasuaki Kurata

      Hanjiro

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      Shoichi Ozawa

      Sakunojo

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      Sanshō Shinsui

      Densuke

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      Kazuko Shirakawa

      Yamikumo-dayu

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      Yuko Tanaka

      Omatsu

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      Kibaji Tankobo

      Gon

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      Minori Terada

      Ijuin

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      Taiji Tonoyama

      Jyosyuya

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • edo period
    • shogunate
    • meiji period
    • end of the samurai class
    • bakumatsu