Eijanaika (1981)
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.
Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Writers:
Shōhei Imamura, Ken Miyamoto.
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Kaori Momoi as Ine |
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Shigeru Izumiya as Genji |
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Masao Kusakari as Itoman |
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Ken Ogata as Furukawa |
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Junzaburō Ban as Toramatsu |
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Norihei Miki as Masuya |
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Yuko Tanaka as Omatsu |
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Shino Ikenami as Yoshino |
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Kinzo |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Sakunojo |
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Yasuaki Kurata as Hanjiro |
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Shōhei Hino as Magoshichi |
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河野洋平 as Ichinoshin Hara |
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Hiroshi Inuzuka as Roku |
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Mitsuko Baisho as Oko |
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Hideo Takamatsu as |
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Ben Hiura as |
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Kibaji Tankobo as Gon |
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Jirô Chiba as |
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Nakazawa |
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Sanshō Shinsui as Densuke |
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Minori Terada as Ijuin |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Jyosyuya |
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Kazuko Shirakawa as Yamikumo-dayu |
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Nodoka Kawai as |
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Etsuko Ikuta as Nui |
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Аko as Oyoshi |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Matakichi |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Production | Shōhei Imamura | Producer |
| Production | Shigemi Sugisaki | Producer |
| Production | Shoichi Ozawa | Producer |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Production | Nobutsugu Tsubomi | Production Manager |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shinichiro Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ken Miyamoto | Screenplay |
| Art | Akiyoshi Satani | Art Direction |
| Sound | Shotaro Yoshida | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Hideo Nanbu | Assistant Director |
