logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

Why Not?

01/08/1981

|

2hrs 31min

|

Drama

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Shigeru Izumiya
  • Kaori Momoi
  • Masao Kusakari
  • Ken Ogata
  • Norihei Miki

    Directors

  • Shōhei Imamura
  • Hideo Nanbu

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Imamura Productions
  • Shochiku

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Shigeru Izumiya

Genji

Kaori Momoi

Ine

Masao Kusakari

Itoman

Ken Ogata

Furukawa

Norihei Miki

Masuya

Junzaburō Ban

Toramatsu

Mitsuko Baisho

Oko

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Kinzo

Ако

Oyoshi

Shōhei Hino

Magoshichi

Videos