Eijanaika
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Cast & Crew
Shohei Imamura
Shigeru Izumiya
Kaori Momoi
Masao Kusakari
Shinsaku Himeda
Shohei Imamura
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On the eve of the Meiji Restoration, the cataclysmic upheaval which ended Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate, Genji returns from six years in America, only to find the life he had known irretrievably lost, his young wife sold into prostitution. Discovering her in sleazy East Ryogoku, Genji is drawn into the underworld in which she lives. Strife among the ruling parties spreads throughout the city, and the people begin to riot, shouting "Eijanaika!" ("Why not?!!" or "What the hell!") as they loot the storehouse of wealthy merchants. As troops advance on the rioting mob, Genji, now an agitator planted by the Satsuma clan, is among them, stirring their anger.
Director
Shohei Imamura
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Released in United States 1982
Released in United States on Video November 16, 1999
Released in United States 1982 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Contemporary Cinema) March 16 - April 1, 1982.)
Released in United States on Video November 16, 1999
