Pourquoi pas ?
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Eijanaika (Qué más da)
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ええじゃないか
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¿Por qué no?
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Der Dieb und die Geisha
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乱世浮生
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에에쟈나이카
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亂世浮生
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ええじゃないか (映画)
director:
Shōhei Imamura
playwright:
Shōhei Imamura
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Ken Miyamoto
actor:
Shigeru Izumiya
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Kaori Momoi
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Masao Kusakari
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Ken Ogata
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Norihei Miki
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genre:
Drama
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 2h 31m
release date: 1981-01-08
IMDb: tt0082313
ええじゃないか
Overview
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.