Why Not?

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.

Main Cast

Shigeru Izumiya

Genji

Age : 75 | Popularity : 5%

Kaori Momoi

Ine

Age : 72 | Popularity : 11%

Masao Kusakari

Itoman

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Ken Ogata

Furukawa

Age : 71 | Popularity : 31%

Norihei Miki

Masuya

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Junzaburō Ban

Toramatsu

Age : 73 | Popularity : 7%

Mitsuko Baisho

Oko

Age : 77 | Popularity : 11%

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Kinzo

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Shōhei Imamura Ken Miyamoto
Directing	Director	Shōhei Imamura
	Assistant Director	Hideo Nanbu
Production	Producer	Shōhei Imamura Shoichi Ozawa Shigemi Sugisaki Jirô Tomoda
	Production Manager	Nobutsugu Tsubomi
Editing	Editor	Keiichi Uraoka
Sound	Original Music Composer	Shinichirô Ikebe
	Sound Recordist	Shotaro Yoshida
Camera	Director of Photography	Shinsaku Himeda
Art	Art Direction	Akiyoshi Satani
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Yasuo Iwaki
Department	Role	Name

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