Why Not?

The Seventh Seal without chess. A peasant revolt begins in Japan as the old order crumbles. Imamura finds the future in the forgotten, not the famous.

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Shōhei Imamura directed Why Not? in 1981. See Shōhei Imamura's full filmography, where to start with Shōhei Imamura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shōhei Imamura.

Why Not? was released in 1981 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 151 minutes.