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 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
Fumio Watanabe as Susumu
Shizue Kawarazaki as Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara as Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama as Sakurada Kiku
Sue Mitobe as Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa as Tachibana Takeyo
Taiji Tonoyama as Old Chief
Akiko Koyama as Setsuko
Kei Satō as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
Nagisa Ōshima Director
Shigemasa Toda Art Direction
Nagisa Ōshima Screenplay
Tsutomu Tamura Screenplay
Hideo Nishizaki Sound Recordist
Mamoru Sasaki Screenplay
Takuji Yamaguchi Producer
Kinshirō Kuzui Producer
Keiichi Uraoka Editor
Tōichirō Narushima Director of Photography
Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer
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Japan 18 May 1971
United States 07 February 1974
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