The story
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 & crew
Kenzō KawarasakiSakurada MasuoAtsuko Kaku
Atsuko KakuSakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo NakamuraTachibana Terumichi
Nobuko OtowaSakurada Shizu
Hōsei KomatsuSakurada Isamu
Rokkō TouraSakurada Mamoru
Fumio WatanabeSusumu
Shizue KawarazakiSakurada Tomiko
Chisako HaraIsamu's flower girlMaki Takayama
Maki TakayamaSakurada KikuSue Mitobe
Sue MitobeSakurada Chiyo
Eitarō OzawaTachibana TakeyoExplore the crew
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Screenplay
- Mamoru Sasaki
- Screenplay
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Screenplay
- Tsutomu Tamura
- Producer
- Kinshirō Kuzui
- Producer
- Takuji Yamaguchi
- Editor
- Keiichi Uraoka
- Director of Photography
- Tōichirō Narushima
- Original Music Composer
- Tōru Takemitsu