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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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Imamura Productions, Shochiku
Keywords
- edo period
- shogunate
- meiji period
- bakumatsu
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Top Cast
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
Top Crew
Shōhei Imamura · Director, Screenplay
Ken Miyamoto · Screenplay
Shinichiro Ikebe · Composer
Shinsaku Himeda · Cinematographer
Keiichi Uraoka · Editor
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