Why Not?
ええじゃないか (original)
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.
Starring Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari, Ken Ogata, Norihei Miki, Junzaburō Ban, Mitsuko Baisho, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Ako, Shōhei Hino
Watch "Why Not?" on Criterion Channel released in 1981. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.