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Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 70GoodWatch 67
Letterboxd · 673 ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.8
Running time
2 h 31 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +42 min on the typical 109
typical 109151Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1981
January 8, 1981
45 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 20 more24 people
- Kaori MomoiIne
- Shigeru IzumiyaGenji
- Masao KusakariItoman
- Ken OgataFurukawa
- Junzaburō BanToramatsu
- Norihei MikiMasuya
- Yuko TanakaOmatsu
- Shino IkenamiYoshino
Shigeru TsuyuguchiKinzo
Shoichi OzawaSakunojo
Yasuaki KurataHanjiro
Shōhei HinoMagoshichi- 河河野洋平Ichinoshin Hara
Hiroshi InuzukaRoku
Mitsuko BaishoOko
Kibaji TankoboGon
Chōichirō KawarasakiNakazawa
Sanshō ShinsuiDensuke
Minori TeradaIjuin
Taiji TonoyamaJyosyuya
Kazuko ShirakawaYamikumo-dayu
Etsuko IkutaNui
АkoOyoshi
Nenji KobayashiMatakichi
Directing · 2
- Shōhei Imamura Director, Screenplay, Producer
- Hideo Nanbu Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Ken Miyamoto Screenplay
Production · 4
- Shoichi Ozawa Producer
- Shigemi Sugisaki Producer
- Jirô Tomoda Producer
- Nobutsugu Tsubomi Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Keiichi Uraoka Editor
Sound · 2
- Shinichiro Ikebe Original Music Composer
- Shotaro Yoshida Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Akiyoshi Satani Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Yasuo Iwaki Lighting Technician
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