Eijanaika (1981)

Original title

ええじゃないか

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 31m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During a period of social upheaval in 1860s Japan, a man returns from a shipwreck to find his wife sold into prostitution and a society gripped by manic religious fervor and political violence. The story follows his desperate search for her amid the chaos.

chaoticunsettlingvisceralfreneticdarkly comicbleakintensehistorically textured

What happens

Eijanaika or Why Not? (ええじゃないか, Ee ja nai ka) is a 1981 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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