
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.

as Sakurada Masuo

as Sakurada Ritsuko

as Tachibana Terumichi

as Sakurada Shizu

as Sakurada Isamu

as Sakurada Mamoru

as Susumu

as Sakurada Tomiko

as Isamu's flower girl

as Sakurada Kiku

as Sakurada Chiyo

as Tachibana Takeyo

as Old Chief

as Setsuko

as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather