The read
A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10. It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Ken MiyamotoScreenplay
Cast
- Shigeru IzumiyaGenji
- Kaori MomoiIne
- Masao KusakariItoman
- Ken OgataFurukawa
- Norihei MikiMasuya
- Junzaburō BanToramatsu
- Mitsuko BaishoOko
- Shigeru TsuyuguchiKinzo
- АkoOyoshi
- Shōhei HinoMagoshichi
- Shino IkenamiYoshino
- Etsuko IkutaNui
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Themes
edo periodshogunatemeiji periodbakumatsu