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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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.2
Running time
2 h 3 min
A typical length for dramas, +14 min on the typical 109
typical 109123Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1971
May 18, 1971
55 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 9 more15 people
- Kenzō KawarasakiSakurada Masuo
- AKAtsuko KakuSakurada Ritsuko
- Atsuo NakamuraTachibana Terumichi
- Nobuko OtowaSakurada Shizu
- Hōsei KomatsuSakurada Isamu
- Rokkō TouraSakurada Mamoru
- Fumio WatanabeSusumu
- Shizue KawarazakiSakurada Tomiko
- Chisako HaraIsamu's flower girl
- MTMaki TakayamaSakurada Kiku
- SMSue MitobeSakurada Chiyo
Eitarō OzawaTachibana Takeyo
Taiji TonoyamaOld Chief
Akiko KoyamaSetsuko
Kei SatōSakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
Directing · 1
- Nagisa Ōshima Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
- Mamoru Sasaki Screenplay
- Tsutomu Tamura Screenplay
Production · 2
- Kinshirō Kuzui Producer
- Takuji Yamaguchi Producer
Camera · 1
- Tōichirō Narushima Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Keiichi Uraoka Editor
Sound · 2
- Tōru Takemitsu Original Music Composer
- Hideo Nishizaki Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Shigemasa Toda Art Direction
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