Eijanaika (film)

Eijanaika / Why Not?
DVD cover for Eijanaika (1981)
Directed byShohei Imamura
Written byHisashi Yamauchi
Produced byShohei Imamura
Shoichi Ozawa
Shigemi Sugisaki
Jiro Tomoda
StarringKaori Momoi
Shigeru Izumiya
Ken Ogata
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Masao Kusakari
Yūko Tanaka
Mitsuko Baisho
Shōhei Hino
CinematographyShinsaku Himeda (as Masahisa Himeda)
Edited byKeiichi Uraoka
Music byShin’ichirō Ikebe
Distributed byImamura Productions, Shochiku Films Ltd., Beverly Pictures (USA)
Release dates
  • March 14, 1981 (1981-03-14) (Japan)
  • January 8, 1981 (1981-01-08) (USA)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Eijanaika or Why Not? (ええじゃないか, Ee ja nai ka) is a 1981 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.[1] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ "Eijanaika towa". kotobakn. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Eijanaika". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2009-06-06.