49 years ago:
Himiko (JP)
Original title: 卑弥呼
A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko, who falls in love with her half-brother, making her powers weaken thus putting her position to risk.
1974-03-09
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/86520
#Himiko #MasaoKusakari #RentaroMikuni #RieYokoyama #SachikoYamaji #ClassicFilm

42 years ago today:
Why Not? (JP)
Original title: ええじゃないか
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ee 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 Kokyo, which turns i...
1981-01-08
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42143
#WhyNot #MasaoKusakari #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

42 years ago today:
Why Not? (JP)
Original title: ええじゃないか
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ee 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 Kokyo, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuse...
1981-01-08
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42143
#MasaoKusakari #ClassicFilm #Movies

42 years ago today:
Why Not? (JP)
Original title: ええじゃないか
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ee 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 Kokyo, which turns i...

Release date: 1981-01-08
#MasaoKusakari #KaoriMomoi #WhyNot #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #Movies #Film
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4

42 years ago today:
Why Not? (JP)
Original title: ええじゃないか
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ee 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 Kokyo, which turns i...

Release date: 1981-01-08
#MasaoKusakari #KaoriMomoi #ShigeruIzumiya #WhyNot #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm #Movies #Film
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