Eijanaika (1981)
3.6 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 31min
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- Synopsis:
The central story deals with a farmer named Genji (Shigeru Izumiya). He was shipwrecked on his way to Yokohama and saved by a passing American ship, unable to return to Japan for six years. He returns to his village to discover his wife has been sold as a servant. By the time Genji finds Ine (Kaori Momoi), she has become a successful entertainer of the East Ryogoku district in Edo, and mistress to the district boss. The bulk of the film follows the low-life of Edo with all its whores, pimps, pickpockets, dwarves, lady wrestlers, and sideshow entertainments. Dissatisfied with the feudal system, Genji dreams of returning to America with Ine, for only in America can farmers own their own land. But Ine has come to love the wild life of Edo. Genji must choose between Ine and the imagined freedom of America. When he chooses to stay in Edo, it is indicative of his growing belief that Japan is indeed changing due to inside and outside influence and interference. He is swept up in the Eijanaika movement, moving to the forefront of the frenzied release of tensions among the people of the entertainment district. - Actors:
- Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari, Ken Ogata, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Mitsuko Baishô, Ako, Junzaburô Ban, Shôhei Hino, Shino Ikenami, Etsuko Ikuta, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Kazuo Kitamura, Nenji Kobayashi, Yasuaki Kurata, Norihei Miki, Shôichi Ozawa, Sanshô Shinsui, Kazuko Shirakawa
- Directors:
- Shôhei Imamura
- Producers:
- Shôhei Imamura, Shôichi Ozawa, Shigemi Sugisaki, Jirô Tomoda
- Writers:
- Shôhei Imamura, Ken Miyamoto
- Aka:
- Why Not?
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
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