• 1981
  • 2h 31m
Why Not?

Summary Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura. View more details

  • 1981
  • 2h 31m

Why Not?

Directed : Shôhei Imamura

Written : Shôhei Imamura Ken Miyamoto

Stars : Ken Ogata Kaori Momoi Shigeru Izumiya Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

All cast & crew

6.8

Details

Genres : Drama History

Release date : Mar 13, 1981

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : English Japanese

Filming locations : Yokohama, Japan

Production companies : Shochiku Imamura Productions

Summary Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History

Release date : Mar 13, 1981

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : English Japanese

Filming locations : Yokohama, Japan

Production companies : Shochiku Imamura Productions

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