Eijanaika

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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.

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Cast

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Shigeru Izumiya actor

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Kaori Momoi actor Masao Kusakari actor

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Ken Ogata actor

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Norihei Miki actor Junzaburō Ban actor Mitsuko Baisho actor

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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi actor

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Ako actor

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Shōhei Hino actor

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Shino Ikenami actor

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Etsuko Ikuta actor

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Hiroshi Inuzuka actor

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Chōichirō Kawarasaki actor Kazuo Kitamura actor

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Nenji Kobayashi actor

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Yasuaki Kurata actor

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Shoichi Ozawa actor

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Sanshō Shinsui actor

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Kazuko Shirakawa actor