

Eijanaika
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- Japanese
- edo period
- shogunate
- meiji period
- bakumatsu
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Criterion Channel
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical8 Jan 1981
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereEiga-Sai Film Festival23 Jan 2013
JapanJP
- Theatrical14 Mar 1981
RussiaRU
- TheatricalРетроспектива фильмов Сёхэя Имамуры в Москве7 Oct 2010
XGXG
- Theatrical12 Nov 1982
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Eijanaika was released on 8 January 1981.
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