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.
Sakurada Masuo
Sakurada Ritsuko
Tachibana Terumichi
Sakurada Shizu
Sakurada Isamu
Sakurada Mamoru
Susumu
Sakurada Tomiko
Isamu's flower girl
Sakurada Kiku
Sakurada Chiyo
Tachibana Takeyo
Old Chief
Setsuko
Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
