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.
河原崎建三
as Sakurada Masuo
Atsuko Kaku
as Sakurada Ritsuko
中村敦夫
as Tachibana Terumichi
乙羽信子
as Sakurada Shizu
小松方正
as Sakurada Isamu
戸浦六宏
as Sakurada Mamoru
渡辺文雄
as Susumu
河原崎しづ江
as Sakurada Tomiko
原知佐子
as Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama
as Sakurada Kiku
三戸部スエ
as Sakurada Chiyo
小沢栄太郎
as Tachibana Takeyo