

123 minutes
5/18/1971
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.

Kenzō Kawarasaki
as Sakurada Masuo
Atsuko Kaku
as Sakurada Ritsuko

Atsuo Nakamura
as Tachibana Terumichi

Nobuko Otowa
as Sakurada Shizu

Hōsei Komatsu
as Sakurada Isamu

Rokkō Toura
as Sakurada Mamoru

Fumio Watanabe
as Susumu

Shizue Kawarazaki
as Sakurada Tomiko

Chisako Hara
as Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama
as Sakurada Kiku
Sue Mitobe
as Sakurada Chiyo

Eitarō Ozawa
as Tachibana Takeyo

Taiji Tonoyama
as Old Chief

Akiko Koyama
as Setsuko

Kei Satō
as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather