Overview
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.
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
- Fumio Watanabe as Susumu
- Shizue Kawarazaki as Sakurada Tomiko
- Chisako Hara as Isamu's flower girl
- Maki Takayama as Sakurada Kiku