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Eijanaika (1981)Kino Video(1990)
VHS · Slipcase
This is the 1990 Kino Video VHS Slipcase edition of Eijanaika (1981).
2h 31mUS
Edition facts
- Format
- VHS
- Distributor
- Kino Video
- Case type
- Slipcase
- Release year
- 1990
- Region
- US
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
About the film
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.
Cast: Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari
Production: Imamura Productions, Shochiku