The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.
Violent Streets
Crime, Drama, Action
6.9
Spring
Comedy
7.0
Superman II
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
6.7
My Friends Act III
Comedy
6.4
Gunpowder
Drama, War
5.9
C(r)ook
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
7.1
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Comedy
5.7
Transporter 3
Action, Thriller, Crime
6.1
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Action, Drama
8.2
Ocean's Thirteen
Crime, Thriller
6.7
Rewind 2: 1996
Horror, Comedy
3.2
Mallrats
Romance, Comedy
6.8
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
8.4
Clerks II
Comedy
6.9
Reservoir Dogs
Crime
7.5
Louis C.K.: Chewed Up
Comedy, TV Movie
7.8
Antoine and Colette
Romance, Drama, Comedy
7.2
Inland Empire
Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
7.0
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
6.1
Sunset Boulevard
Drama
8.3
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Action, Drama, History
6.8
Tenchu!
History, Action, Drama
7.0
Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi
Action, Drama, TV Movie, Crime
8.0
Kagemusha
Action, Drama, History, War
7.8
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Action, Drama, Thriller
6.4
Sekigahara
War, History, Drama
7.0
Falling Camellia
Drama
8.2
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
History, Action, Drama
6.3
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
Action, Drama
5.9
The Sword of Doom
Action, Drama
7.7
Hana
Action, Drama, History, Comedy
6.6
Love and Honor
Drama, Romance
7.5
Incident at Blood Pass
Action, Drama
6.9
The Samurai of Edo
History, War, Drama
6.0
Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World
Drama, Action, Adventure
4.0
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Action, Drama, Adventure
7.4
The Return
Drama, History, TV Movie
8.0
The Twilight Samurai
Drama, Romance
7.8
Warau Iemon
Drama, Horror
6.0
After the Rain
Drama
7.2