Movie · 1981

Eijanaika

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Carnivalesque upheaval Historical social drama Folk rebellion Marginalized perspectives Political satire Revelry to tragedy

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Release
1981
Runtime
151 min

Synopsis

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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