Why Not?

1981    2h 31m
6.877%69%
Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura.
Directed By
Shōhei Imamura
Written By
Ken Miyamoto
Studio
Imamura Productions, Shochiku

Watch on these services

Cast of Why Not?
  • Shigeru IzumiyaGenji
  • Kaori MomoiIne
  • Masao KusakariItoman
  • Ken OgataFurukawa
  • Norihei MikiMasuya
  • Junzaburō BanToramatsu
  • Mitsuko BaishoOko
  • Shigeru TsuyuguchiKinzo
  • AkoOyoshi
  • Shōhei HinoMagoshichi
  • Shino IkenamiYoshino
  • Etsuko IkutaNui
  • Hiroshi InuzukaRoku
  • Chōichirō KawarasakiNakazawa
  • Kazuo KitamuraKoide
  • Nenji KobayashiMatakichi
  • Yasuaki KurataHanjiro
  • Shoichi OzawaSakunojo
  • Sanshô ShinsuiDensuke
  • Kazuko ShirakawaYamikumo-dayu
  • Yûko TanakaOmatsu
  • Kibaji TankoboGon
  • Minori TeradaIjuin
  • Taiji TonoyamaJyosyuya
Why Not? Reviews

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices