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.
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Writers
- Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima
Themesancestral traditionscousins in lovedying traditionsdysfunctional familyfamily rivalry
