The read
A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
47 audience votes
Key crew
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector
- Mamoru SasakiScreenplay
- Nagisa ŌshimaScreenplay
- Tsutomu TamuraScreenplay
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kenzō KawarasakiSakurada Masuo
- Atsuko KakuSakurada Ritsuko
- Atsuo NakamuraTachibana Terumichi
- Nobuko OtowaSakurada Shizu
- Hōsei KomatsuSakurada Isamu
- Rokkō TouraSakurada Mamoru
- Fumio WatanabeSusumu
- Shizue KawarazakiSakurada Tomiko
- Chisako HaraIsamu's flower girl
- Maki TakayamaSakurada Kiku
- Sue MitobeSakurada Chiyo
- Eitarō OzawaTachibana Takeyo
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Themes
romantic rivalrypatriarchydysfunctional familypost war japandying traditionstraditional familycousins in loveancestral traditionsjapanese traditionsuicide by poisonfamily rivalry