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.

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Kenzō Kawarasaki

Atsuo Nakamura

Nobuko Otowa

Hōsei Komatsu

Rokkō Toura