Eijanaika (film)
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Eijanaika / Why Not? | |
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DVD cover for Eijanaika (1981)
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Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
Produced by | Shohei Imamura Shoichi Ozawa Shigemi Sugisaki Jiro Tomoda |
Written by | Hisashi Yamauchi |
Starring | Kaori Momoi Shigeru Izumiya Ken Ogata Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Masao Kusakari Yūko Tanaka Mitsuko Baisho |
Music by | Shinichirô Ikebe |
Cinematography | Shinsaku Himeda (as Masahisa Himeda) |
Edited by | Keiichi Uraoka |
Distributed by | Imamura Productions, Shochiku Films Ltd., Beverly Pictures (USA) |
Release dates
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March 14, 1981 (Japan); January 8, 1981 (USA) |
Running time
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151 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Eijanaika or Why Not? (ええじゃないか Ee ja nai ka?) is a 1981 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Cast
- Kaori Momoi - Ine
- Shigeru Izumiya - Genji
- Ken Ogata - Furukawa
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi - Kinzo
- Masao Kusakari - Itoman
- Mitsuko Baisho
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Yūko Tanaka - Omatsu
- Nenji Kobayashi - Matakichi
- Ako - Oyoshi
Plot
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 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.
Awards
- Japanese Academy Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress: Yūko Tanaka
- Newcomer of the Year: Yūko Tanaka
- Blue Ribbon Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress: Yūko Tanaka
- Hochi Film Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress: Yūko Tanaka
- Mainichi Film Concours:
- Best Sound Recording: Shotaro Yoshida
See also
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Eijanaika at IMDb
- ええじゃないか at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
- Eijanaika at Rotten Tomatoes
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