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Release Date:
January 8, 1981
Original Title:
ええじゃないか
Alternate Titles:
Eijanaika
Ну и чёрт с ним!
Почему нет?
Ээдзянайка
좋지 아니한가
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Imamura Productions
Shochiku
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 151
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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Art Direction:
Akiyoshi Satani
Assistant Director:
Hideo Nanbu
Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Director of Photography:
Shinsaku Himeda
Editor:
Keiichi Uraoka
Lighting Technician:
Yasuo Iwaki
Original Music Composer:
Shinichirô Ikebe
Producer:
Shōhei Imamura
Shoichi Ozawa
Jirô Tomoda
Shigemi Sugisaki
Production Manager:
Nobutsugu Tsubomi
Screenplay:
Ken Miyamoto
Shōhei Imamura
Sound Recordist:
Shotaro Yoshida
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