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
American Beauty
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Princess Virtue
Class of '63
Little Miss Sunshine
Sabbatical
Lies We Tell
Whirlpool of Flesh
The Ballad of Narayama
Shoplifters
Early Summer
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
An Autumn Afternoon
Thirteen
Gulmohar
A Man
Rhapsody in August
Museum
The End of Summer
Profound Desires of the Gods