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6.8Oshima’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.
Released: 1971-05-18123 minDir: Nagisa ŌshimaDrama
Stream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- 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
Themes
- romantic rivalry
- patriarchy
- dysfunctional family
- post war japan
- dying traditions
- traditional family
- cousins in love
- ancestral traditions
- japanese tradition
- suicide by poison
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