Why Not?

1981, drama

151 minutes

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...

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Crew

Art

Akiyoshi Satani

Art direction

Camera

Directing

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Producer

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Producer

Shigemi Sugisaki

Producer

Jirô Tomoda

Producer

Sound

Shinichirô Ikebe

Shinichirô Ikebe

Original music composer

Shotaro Yoshida

Sound recordist

Writing

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