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Eijanaika* (What the hell?!)

• 1981 ----- color ----- 151 min ----- vhs
• (Written and directed by Shohei Imamura; with Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Masao Kusakari, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi) The film is set in 1866 on the eve of Japan's Meiji Restoration. This was the time of the collapse of the Tokogawa Shogunate due to pressure from Japanese Imperial restorations and outside business-men, especially American. The restoration was a power shift at the top--the samurai class--in which the lower classes served as pawns to be manipulated and all but crushed by the shadowy forces above them. Emerging from this corruption, bloodshed, and eroticism are a handful of vivid characters, including gangsters, beggars and street-walkers. (In Japanese with English subtitles) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)
• Topics: (Asian Languages and Literature, History: Asian, Japan, Motion Pictures: History, Political Science: Asian)

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