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
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 Takeyo
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
Shoplifters
2018
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Early Summer
1951
Nobody Knows
2004
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
A Man
2022
Museum
2016
Rhapsody in August
1991
The End of Summer
1961
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
The Insect Woman
1963
After the Storm
Repast
The 47 Ronin
1941
Late Spring
1949
Our Little Sister
2015
Eureka
2001
From Up on Poppy Hill
2011
1983