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Eijanaika (film)
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Wikipedia article
is a 1981 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.
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.
Cast
* Kaori Momoi - Ine
* Shigeru Izumiya - Genji
* Shigeru Tsuyuguchi - Kinzo
* Masao Kusakari - Itoman
* Mitsuko Baisho - Oko
* Yhei Kno - Hara Ichinoshin
* Taiji Tonoyama
* Junzabur Ban - Toramatsu
* Nenji Kobayashi - Matakichi
* Hideo Takamatsu - Koide Yamato no Kami
* Ako - Oyoshi
* Kazuo Kitamura - Koide Yamatonokami
* Jir Yabuki - Senmatsu
* Yasuaki Kurata - Tsukinoki Hanjir
* Hiroshi Inuzuka - Yamome no Roku
* Shhei Hino - Magohichi
* Yko Tanaka - Omatsu
* Ken Ogata - Furukawa
* Shoichi Ozawa - Sakunojo
Awards
* Japanese Academy Awards:
** Best Supporting Actress: Yko Tanaka
** Newcomer of the Year: Yko Tanaka
* Blue Ribbon Awards:
** Best Supporting Actress: Yko Tanaka
* Hochi Film Awards:
** Best Supporting Actress: Yko Tanaka
* Mainichi Film Concours:
** Best Sound Recording: Shotaro Yoshida
See also
* 1981 in film
References
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