Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
Stills
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Cast
Kenzō Kawarasaki Sakurada Masuo Atsuko Kaku Sakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo Nakamura Tachibana Terumichi
Nobuko Otowa Sakurada Shizu
Hōsei Komatsu Sakurada Isamu
Rokkō Toura Sakurada Mamoru
Fumio Watanabe Susumu
Shizue Kawarazaki Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara Isamu's flower girl Maki Takayama Sakurada Kiku
Sue Mitobe Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa Tachibana TakeyoScreenings in Brussels
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