Eijanaika (film)
Eijanaika or Why Not? (ええじゃないか, Ee ja nai ka) is a 1981 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.[1] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
| Eijanaika / Why Not? | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover for Eijanaika (1981) | |
| Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
| Produced by | Shohei Imamura Shoichi Ozawa Shigemi Sugisaki Jiro Tomoda |
| Written by | Hisashi Yamauchi |
| Starring | Kaori Momoi Shigeru Izumiya Ken Ogata Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Masao Kusakari Yūko Tanaka Mitsuko Baisho Shōhei Hino |
| Music by | Shin’ichirō Ikebe |
| Cinematography | Shinsaku Himeda (as Masahisa Himeda) |
| Edited by | Keiichi Uraoka |
| Distributed by | Imamura Productions, Shochiku Films Ltd., Beverly Pictures (USA) |
Release date | March 14, 1981 (Japan); January 8, 1981 (USA) |
Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
- Kaori Momoi - Ine
- Shigeru Izumiya - Genji
- Ken Ogata - Furukawa
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi - Kinzo
- Masao Kusakari - Itoman
- Mitsuko Baisho - Oko
- Yōhei Kōno - Hara Ichinoshin
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Junzaburō Ban - Toramatsu
- Nenji Kobayashi - Matakichi
- Ako - Oyoshi
- Yasuaki Kurata - Tsukinoki Hanjirō
- Shōhei Hino - Magohichi
- Yūko Tanaka - Omatsu
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.[3]
Awards
- Japanese Academy Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress: Yūko Tanaka
- Newcomer of the Year: Yūko Tanaka
- Blue Ribbon Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress: Yūko Tanaka
- Hochi Film Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress: Yūko Tanaka
- Mainichi Film Concours:
- Best Sound Recording: Shotaro Yoshida
See also
References
- "Eijanaika towa". kotobakn. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- "Festival de Cannes: Eijanaika". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- "Eijanaika". wowow. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
External links
- Eijanaika at IMDb
- ええじゃないか at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Eijanaika at Rotten Tomatoes
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.