Eijanaika

Description: he word eijanaika translates roughly as why not or so what represents a devil may care attitude a movement which spread throughout Japan in the third year of Keio 1867 Historically the Eijanaika movement is subject to interpretation Were the peasant riots instigated by anti Shogunate forces to unsettle the government Or were they spontaneous eruptions among the general population pushed too far by the inflation prior to the Meiji Restoration Shohei Imamura s film Eijanaika 1980 suggests a complex mixture of both The central story deals with a farmer named Genji Shigeru Izumiya He was shipwrecked on his way to Yokohama 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 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 sideshow entertainments

Country:  Japanese

Released: 1981

Genre: Historical

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